Change wait-cursor using css

Change wait-cursor using css

am 14.09.2007 13:32:57 von dirk.debecker

Hi all,

To change the default cursor for a page using css is not a problem. We
can do that with
cursor: url('mycursor.cur'), auto;

But how do you change the wait-cursor (i.e. the cursor with the hour
glass) to a custom cursor?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Dirk

Re: Change wait-cursor using css

am 14.09.2007 13:51:54 von jkorpela

Scripsit dirk.debecker@gmail.com:

> To change the default cursor for a page using css is not a problem.

It is, on two accounts: it may not always be possible, and may be possible -
and cause quite some confusion. Mostly, such operations are best reserved
for "fun" sites where people expect and want to be fooled or at least mildly
confused.

> We can do that with
> cursor: url('mycursor.cur'), auto;

Maybe you can, maybe you can't. Support is far from universal.

> But how do you change the wait-cursor (i.e. the cursor with the hour
> glass) to a custom cursor?

You don't. It's not something describable in CSS as currently defined and
implemented (and still less in HTML).

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Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/