cursor: ***;

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The cursor property changes mouse cursor shapes.


#example { cursor: wait; }

The values for the cursor property

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Property Value Shape Example
cursor auto cursor01 Example
default cursor02 Example
pointer cursor03 Example
crosshair cursor04 Example
move cursor05 Example
text cursor06 Example
wait cursor07 Example
help cursor08 Example
n-resize cursor09 Example
e-resize cursor10 Example
s-resize cursor09 Example
w-resize cursor10 Example
ne-resize cursor11 Example
se-resize cursor12 Example
sw-resize cursor11 Example
nw-resize cursor12 Example
Custom cursor
url(***.cur) cursor20 Example
Extension
col-resize cursor13 Example
row-resize cursor14 Example
all-scroll cursor15 Example
not-allowed cursor16 Example
no-drop cursor17 Example
progress cursor18 Example
vertical-text cursor19 Example

The default is "auto".

About custom cursor

The custom cursor file can be specified by using the "url()" option.

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Example of specifying "example.cur".

cursor: url(example.cur);

A comma-separated list of cursor values

In the following example, when the custom cursor cannot be used in the user's computer, "text" is applied.

cursor: url(example.cur), text;

In the following example, when "example.cur" cannot be used in the user's computer, "example.gif" is used.

cursor: url(example.cur), url(example.gif), text;

Example


<html>
<head>
<title>TAG index</title>

<style type="text/css">

#example1 { cursor: wait; }
#example2 { cursor: help; }
#example3 { cursor: url(image/example.cur), default; }

</style>

</head>
<body>

<p><span id="example1">Please wait for a while</span></p>

<p><a href="index.html" id="example2">Help</a></p>

<p><img src="image/face.gif" alt="Face" width="75" height="78" id="example3"></p>

</body>
</html>

Output

Please wait for a while

Help

Face