---
title: Window.status
slug: Web/API/Window/status
tags:
  - API
  - HTML DOM
  - NeedsExample
  - NeedsSpecTable
  - Property
  - Reference
  - Window
browser-compat: api.Window.status
---
{{APIRef}} {{Deprecated_Header}}

The **`status`** property of the
{{domxref("Window")}} interface was originally intended to set the text in the status
bar at the bottom of the browser window. However, the HTML standard now requires
setting `window.status` to have no effect on the text displayed in the
status bar.

## Syntax

```js
window.status = string; var value = window.status;
```

## Specifications

{{Specifications}}

## Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}
