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window.status

Sets the text in the status bar at the bottom of the browser or returns the previously set text.

This property does not work in default configuration of Firefox and some other browsers: setting window.status has no effect on the text displayed in the status bar. To allow scripts to change the the status bar text, the user must set the dom.disable_window_status_change preference to false in the about:config screen.

Note: Starting in Gecko 1.9.1, users can let websites change the status text by enabling the "Change status bar" preference in the Advanced options panel.

Syntax

window.status = string;
var value = window.status;

Specification

HTML5

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

Desktop
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support Yes ? Yes ? ? ?
Mobile
Android webview Chrome for Android Edge Mobile Firefox for Android Opera for Android iOS Safari Samsung Internet
Basic support Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ?

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window/status