All the browsers I use display css cursors. The javascripts to change cursors
use images and either replace or trail the cursor and only work in IE and
sometimes netscape.

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:27:48 -0500 - Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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Re: Re: Cursor over links in web pages

>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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