Hiding URL in IE status bar

[Guest]

I have a Web application that allows users to search a document store and
then displays a results set that includes a link to the document.
Is it possible to not display the documents complete URL path in the status
bar?

 

[Jason Mauss]

Have you thought about using POST instead of GET as your method?

If you wanted to remove the URL path (or "address bar" ) entirely you can
use the various flags in the window.open() method of the DOM.

--Jason

 

[Bruce Barker]

in client script, catch onmouseover and onmouseout events for the links, and
change the window.status to what you want.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

 

[Guest]

Jason:

I tried this and it made no difference. When a user hovers their mouse over
a document link, the full path displays in the IE status bar.

Jeff

 

[Jason Mauss]

AHh...sorry about that. I read that as "address bar" and not "status
bar"...Bruce's suggestion should work.

-Jason

 

[Joerg Jooss]

I have a Web application that allows users to search a document store
and then displays a results set that includes a link to the document.
Is it possible to not display the documents complete URL path in the
status bar?

Use URL rewriting or a dedicated HttpHandler if you're concerned about
security (i.e. exposing system information like file locations or
directory structure). Simply trying to hide textual output in a browser
isn't really a good idea here.

Cheers,