solutiondots Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Hello. I already know how to mask the URL at the top of the browser. But when I hover my mouse over a link on my website I see the URL of the real domain at the bottom left of the screen. Is there any way to hide that? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1238470-how-do-i-mask-the-url-that-shows-up-at-the-bottom-left-of-my-screen-when-i-hover-my-mouse-over-a-lin/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 greenwizard88 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 try adding a title="" attribute to the <a> tag. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1238470-how-do-i-mask-the-url-that-shows-up-at-the-bottom-left-of-my-screen-when-i-hover-my-mouse-over-a-lin/#findComment-596670018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MikeChipshop Member Posted December 2, 2014 Member Share Posted December 2, 2014 The only way is to use Javascript to hijack the click event, or use AJAX to load in new pages. Both have huge downsides to them and it isn't worth the time and effort. downsides include... Links becoming easily broken Breaking links for non JS users Having to rewrite your whole site in AJAX Users not clicking links as, let's face it, they'll look dodgy as hell Do you have a valid reason for not wanting to show it? There might be a way to stop browsers showing this by plugin, but that's not an avenue i know any thing about. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1238470-how-do-i-mask-the-url-that-shows-up-at-the-bottom-left-of-my-screen-when-i-hover-my-mouse-over-a-lin/#findComment-596670030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Intersect Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 If you are going to that length to hide the url then one has to question what exactly does your site do. even banking websites do not do this and also all of those fake ebay/paypal/your bank/ emails do not put in all that effort to hide the true location of the link that is on screen to the user. it does look like you want to do this for nefarious for reasons. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1238470-how-do-i-mask-the-url-that-shows-up-at-the-bottom-left-of-my-screen-when-i-hover-my-mouse-over-a-lin/#findComment-596670038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Torolol Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 ajax easliy broken when the scripts are not loaded properly Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1238470-how-do-i-mask-the-url-that-shows-up-at-the-bottom-left-of-my-screen-when-i-hover-my-mouse-over-a-lin/#findComment-596670040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HawkMan Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 He's beings bit un-specific, but I think he simply wants to hide it in his own browser, not on other peoples browsers on his websites. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1238470-how-do-i-mask-the-url-that-shows-up-at-the-bottom-left-of-my-screen-when-i-hover-my-mouse-over-a-lin/#findComment-596670052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Intersect Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 On 02/12/2014 at 09:57, HawkMan said: He's beings bit un-specific, but I think he simply wants to hide it in his own browser, not on other peoples browsers on his websites. then iam sure there is a plugin or addon that can disable this feature for him. as to why he wants to hide the statusbar its shifty :shiftyninja: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1238470-how-do-i-mask-the-url-that-shows-up-at-the-bottom-left-of-my-screen-when-i-hover-my-mouse-over-a-lin/#findComment-596670062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 solutiondots Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 Thanks you so much all of you for giving me such advice but i am still facing same issue :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1238470-how-do-i-mask-the-url-that-shows-up-at-the-bottom-left-of-my-screen-when-i-hover-my-mouse-over-a-lin/#findComment-596670092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nick H. Supervisor Posted December 2, 2014 Supervisor Share Posted December 2, 2014 On 02/12/2014 at 11:39, solutiondots said: but i am still facing same issue :(As others have said, we'll need more information to help your further. Are you looking to hide the link in just your browser, or are you looking for the website to hide the link for anyone that views the website? I would be wary of any site that tries to hide its true URL, but I assume that there could be a legitimate use for such a thing. Maybe if you were to explain the situation that you have we would be able to offer advice or alternative options. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1238470-how-do-i-mask-the-url-that-shows-up-at-the-bottom-left-of-my-screen-when-i-hover-my-mouse-over-a-lin/#findComment-596670098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HawkMan Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 On 02/12/2014 at 11:43, Nick H. said: but I assume that there could be a legitimate use for such a thing. I really can't come up with any.... pqt 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1238470-how-do-i-mask-the-url-that-shows-up-at-the-bottom-left-of-my-screen-when-i-hover-my-mouse-over-a-lin/#findComment-596670404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pqt Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 On 02/12/2014 at 17:06, HawkMan said: I really can't come up with any.... I'm drawing a blank as well. I'd like to know what sort of justification OP may have on the matter. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1238470-how-do-i-mask-the-url-that-shows-up-at-the-bottom-left-of-my-screen-when-i-hover-my-mouse-over-a-lin/#findComment-596672268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 The_Decryptor Veteran Posted December 4, 2014 Veteran Share Posted December 4, 2014 You used to be able to do this by changing window.status, but I'm pretty sure browsers don't allow that any more (Firefox doesn't at least) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1238470-how-do-i-mask-the-url-that-shows-up-at-the-bottom-left-of-my-screen-when-i-hover-my-mouse-over-a-lin/#findComment-596672554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GotBored Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Create a URL forward for the link to mask the real URL? (Pranking a friend and don't want them to see the linked url until they click it?) Or maybe buy a domain name for like $5/year, so if your using a free host it won't have a ridiculously long url. (Using free web hosting but want a better url?) I don't know what other reasons you'd want to mask the url, so hopefully one of these helps. MikeChipshop 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1238470-how-do-i-mask-the-url-that-shows-up-at-the-bottom-left-of-my-screen-when-i-hover-my-mouse-over-a-lin/#findComment-596672564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hello. I already know how to mask the URL at the top of the browser. But when I hover my mouse over a link on my website I see the URL of the real domain at the bottom left of the screen. Is there any way to hide that?
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