Shoutbox

Well, its all in the title.
I asked this in the skinning section, but there's no released way of indicating the status in the chat window (without the infobar).

So, here I am, with my question/request.
Is there/Could someone make  a script, wich places a button (icon) in the chat window formatting toolbar, with a Status Changer dropdown menu, and the icon changing depending on status?

Probably(not sure though), the dropdown could be done with skinning. The icon though can only be done with scripting but not for sure. I have not seen a script changing images without restarting Messenger.

Correct me if I am wrong but could a skin not activate the status based on a command id to change the status? Like I said never dove into scripting.