Not sure what you mean by "listen"; if you want the status bar to change when someone mouses over a link, put something in the onmouseover event: <a href="test.html" onmouseover="javascript:window.status ='esther'">test</a> |------------------------------| | E S T H E R S T R O M, CLPP | | Notes Application Development| | McDougal Littell | | 909 Davis Street | | Evanston, IL 60201 USA | | w: 847.424.3209 | | e: esther_strom at hmco.com | |------------------------------| "Cutter (JavaScript)" <javascript at theblades- To: javascript at LaTech.edu family.com> cc: Sent by: Subject: [Javascript] link status javascript-admin at LaTec h.edu 12/17/2002 09:32 AM Please respond to javascript How can I setup a script which will "listen" for a user attempting to mouseover a link and automatically set the status bar to "" when they do so? Cutter _______________________________________________ Javascript mailing list Javascript at LaTech.edu https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript