Chapter 15Utilizing the Status Bar

The Status Bar

As we learned in Chapters 13 and 14, you can access the various elements of the web page or browser using the Document Object Model. The status bar is one of those elements you can access and utilize. The status bar is found at the bottom of the browser’s window. It exists in all browsers, including Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It normally displays the current status of the document being loaded. The status bar is present in every window, unless the window is opened by a script that explicitly disables the status bar. Figure 15-1 shows the status bar from Mozilla.

Figure 15-1. The Mozilla ...

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