Change wait-cursor using css

[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

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Scripsit (e-mail address removed):

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).