# IE6 Question - where's the status bar?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie6-question-wheres-the-status-bar/142584>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 13, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie6-question-wheres-the-status-bar/142584 "2002-12-13T19:11:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie6-question-wheres-the-status-bar/142584/1 "2002-12-13T19:11:18Z")

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The bar at the bottom that would show you the link you were hovering over, and the status of the page load. In earlier versions of IE, when you right-clicked on the toolbars you had the option to turn it on or off. Now, it’s totally disappeared from that menu. Furthermore, it’s nowhere to be found in the help files.

Anyone know?

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**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie6-question-wheres-the-status-bar/142584/2 "2002-12-13T19:13:06Z")

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ACK! Nevermind. It’s in the view bar. Please close this thread while I hang my head in shame.