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Change URL shown in Chrome status bar

When I hover over a url in Chrome, the url is displayed in the Chrome status bar. In my case this results in an ugly javascript:bla-bla-bla reference. Is there any way to change the contents of the status bar when you hover over a link?

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Solution

  • I'm pretty sure for security reasons this isn't possible in any browser. Otherwise links to phishing sites will become much, much harder to detect, because attackers can then just place a genuine URL in the status bar while the dangerous link actually leads elsewhere...

    Use an onclick event handler for your hyperlink instead, and put a real, meaningful URL in the href attribute in place of the javascript: link (even if the link is meant to be used only with JavaScript).