
Hiermenus Go Forth, VI:
Version 4 - The Page-Specific Parameters (cont'd)
HM_PG_StatusDisplayLink
- Description
- Causes the link URL associated with a menu item to display in the status bar when the user moves the mouse over the item.

Status Bar display during user item mouseover (HM_PG_StatusDisplayLink = true) |

Status Bar display during user item mouseover (HM_PG_StatusDisplayLink = false) |
HM_PG_StatusDisplayLink overrides site-wide global settings declared in the external script.
- Value
- Boolean.
May be specified as:
- true Boolean (true / false)
- integer Boolean (1 / 0)
- string
- string JS expression to be evaluated
- Example Values
- true Boolean: true
The item link URL is displayed in the browser status bar during user mouseover.
- true Boolean: false
No text is displayed in the browser status bar during user mouseover.
- integer Boolean: 1
The item link URL is displayed in the browser status bar during user mouseover.
- integer Boolean: 0
No text is displayed in the browser status bar during user mouseover.
- string: "true"
The item link URL is displayed in the browser status bar during user mouseover.
- string: "false"
No text is displayed in the browser status bar during user mouseover.
JS expression: "getStatusDisplayLink()"
A custom function that you have created will be called. The return value of this function will be the HM_PG_StatusDisplayLink parameter, and all menu trees in the page will comply.
JS expression: "(isMac) ? false : true)"
The complete JS code is included in the parameter declaration. In the above example, HM_PG_StatusDisplayLink will be false if a Macintosh is being used and true for all other platforms.
- Default
- If this parameter is omitted, the relevant Global Parameter value set in the external script is used.
- Differences from Version 3 equivalent
- There is no Version 3 equivalent. Authors could not add control the status bar display without editing the external HM script.
Next, HM_PG_UponDisplay.
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Created: Dec 12, 2000
Revised: Dec 12, 2000
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