style.cursor in IE5

[Andrew Poulos]

Further to my hassles with IE5, I think I've narrowed (one of) the
problems down to lines that try to set a cursor property. For example:

obj[1].style.cursor = "pointer";

This code works in IE 5.5+, MZ and FF. Is there something I can do to
get it to work in IE5?

Andrew Poulos

 

[Andrew Poulos]

Further to my hassles with IE5, I think I've narrowed (one of) the
problems down to lines that try to set a cursor property. For example:

obj[1].style.cursor = "pointer";

This code works in IE 5.5+, MZ and FF. Is there something I can do to
get it to work in IE5?

Andrew Poulos

Dang, I just realised that "pointer" may be an invalid value for IE5
cursors. If it is, what's a cross browser solution?

Andrew Poulos

 

[Michael Winter]

[snip]

Dang, I just realised that "pointer" may be an invalid value for IE5
cursors. If it is, what's a cross browser solution?

To use the proper value, however if you need this to work, you might try:

<script type="text/javascript">
var cursor = 'pointer';

function myFunction() {
/* ... */
object.style.cursor = cursor;
/* ... */
}
</script>

<!--[if lt IE 6]>
<script type="text/javascript">
/* Redefine the property value for
* IE versions earlier than 6
*/
cursor = 'hand';
</script>
<![endif]-->

As long as the second code block executes before the function, IE 5.5 and
earlier will use 'hand' rather than 'pointer'.

Hope that helps,
Mike

 

[Andrew Poulos]

[snip]

Dang, I just realised that "pointer" may be an invalid value for IE5
cursors. If it is, what's a cross browser solution?

To use the proper value, however if you need this to work, you might try:

<script type="text/javascript">
var cursor = 'pointer';

function myFunction() {
/* ... */
object.style.cursor = cursor;
/* ... */
}
</script>

<!--[if lt IE 6]>
<script type="text/javascript">
/* Redefine the property value for
* IE versions earlier than 6
*/
cursor = 'hand';
</script>
<![endif]-->

As long as the second code block executes before the function, IE 5.5
and earlier will use 'hand' rather than 'pointer'.

Thanks it looks like exactly what I need. I was going to do some browser
sniffing but now I don't need to.

Andrew Poulos