Cursor over links in web pages

[Joel Hammer]

CCS2 has some cursor control, but I assume that most browsers won't support
that.
How would you use javascript to change it? I don't see "cursor" mentioned
in my rhino (O'Reilly) javascript book index.

Joel

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 09:37:26PM -0500, Kurt Wall wrote:
> Feigning erudition, Joel Hammer wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> % The problem is the cursor, when over a link,  becomes that whimpy looking
> % small hand with the pointed finger, not really very impressive. Since the
> % presenter might like to use the mouse to point out items of interest in
> % the image, a bigger pointer, like a big arrow, would be much more useful.
> % 
> % I do not know where this is fixed: the GUI,  the browser (I am using opera, but
> % may have to use IE if the computer has windows installed), or in the html.
> 
> I'm pretty certain the cursor is controlled by the GUI, although you
> *might* be able to change the cursor using JavaScript or Java or (this
> is a stretch) CSS. CSS probably doesn't extend to cursor manipulation,
> though, so I'd look at JavaScript first because it is simpler.
> 
> Kurt
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