Remove URL from status bar of browser

No.  The info in the status bar at that time is seen because the browser is loading a page.  The web developer can't control that.

The user's only alternative is to have his own server get the page and feed it to the browser.  In other words with something like PHP's Curl, ASP.NET's HTTP Client, or ASP's Server XMLHTTP object.  Basically the A.com site would have a server page that "scrapes" the other site's page.  Keep in mind that many sites prohibit that type of action in their "terms of use" though so you need to check the TOS on B.com first before trying it.

There is no way to prevent it if you are getting the content from another site.

bol

>> There is no way to prevent it if you are getting the content from another site.  <<

By that I meant back to your original question, using Javascript or html when you are having a frame get the content.

bol

By the way ... the code suggested by the other expert can be useful, even if it is easy to disable even w/o disabling JS.  However it works for when a link is highlighted.  At times when the location appears in the status because the user is on a link.  What you described seemed different.

I have used code like what the expert suggested and it can work for what it is designed.  You shouldn't count on it though because some browsers even disable that behavior by default (Firefox is one I believe).

bol

Ethically, the user must be shown what's happening within their browsing session. If the address in the status bar is modified when the user hovers over a link, that is like misleading the user. Most modern browsers don't allow you to tweak the status bar information.

Actually the practice of changing the status bar display when showing a link isn't unethical at all.  I like that browsers seem to be offering a way for users to prevent it but there are many legit uses.  A common use is with buttons that use an anchor tag.  The status bar shows the section or page name instead of just a URL.  Of course it could be misused but I disagree the general practice is misleading.  In many cases it was done to be more helpful and users found it to be so.  To my knowledge all current browsers support it but some do offer a way for the user to disable it.  They leave it to the user but do allow it.

bol

I fail to see how it's unethical when the owner of the site we're iFraming gave us permission to do this very thing.

Thanks everyone else for your suggestions.  Still can't get the browsers to not show the URL in the status bar...

Please clarify if this occurs when hovering over a link, etc or during the normal process of the browser loading a page.  If I am right about the situation then my "suggestion" is correct, you can't do it.

bol

Hello,

We have a webpage on our end (site A) that is pulling in a webpage via iFrame from site B.

This page we have pulled in has a search form.  When you click on the submit button in this form, then the browser's status bar in the bottom left shows that it is pulling information from the site B's URL.  We're looking for a way to disable the browser from showing this.

Just hovering over the submit button just shows the page name it will submit to, not the full URL.

Thanks!