---
title: Window.defaultStatus
slug: Web/API/Window/defaultStatus
tags:
  - API
  - HTML DOM
  - NeedsCompatTable
  - NeedsExample
  - NeedsMarkupWork
  - NeedsSpecTable
  - Deprecated
  - Property
  - Reference
  - Window
---
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> **Note:** This method was removed from Firefox 23 and onward.

## Summary

Gets/sets the status bar text for the given window.

## Syntax

    var sMsg = window.defaultStatus;
    window.defaultStatus = sMsg;

### Parameters

- `sMsg` is a string containing the text to be displayed by default in the statusbar.

## Example

    <html>
     <body onload="window.defaultStatus='hello!';"/>
      <button onclick="window.confirm('Are you sure you want to quit?');">confirm</button>
     </body>
    </html>

## Notes

To set the status once the window has been opened, use {{domxref("window.status")}}.

## Specifications

HTML5
