The 'cursor' property

This text has no 'cursor' property declared. It should have reasonable cursors, including over this link.

This text has 'cursor: auto' on the p element. It should have reasonable cursors, including over this link.

This text has 'cursor: auto' on the p element and the a element. It should have reasonable cursors, including over this link. (It's not clear to me what the spec requires here -- I suspect 'cursor: auto' over a link should actually lead to a text cursor since I suspect it means that the cursor should either be 'text' or 'default' depending on whether the pointer is over text.)

The following paragraphs should have their cursors as described (descriptions adapted from CSS2):

A simple crosshair (e.g., short line segments resembling a "+" sign).

The platform-dependent default cursor. Often rendered as an arrow.

The cursor is a pointer that indicates a link.

Indicates something is to be moved.

Indicate that north edge is to be moved. ... movement starts from the top edge of the box.

Indicate that east edge is to be moved. ... movement starts from the right edge of the box.

Indicate that south edge is to be moved. ... movement starts from the bottom edge of the box.

Indicate that west edge is to be moved. ... movement starts from the left edge of the box.

Indicate that some edges are to be moved. ... movement starts from the upper-right corner of the box.

Indicate that some edges are to be moved. ... movement starts from the lower-right corner of the box.

Indicate that some edges are to be moved. ... movement starts from the lower-left corner of the box.

Indicate that some edges are to be moved. ... movement starts from the upper-left corner of the box.

Indicates text that may be selected. Often rendered as an I-bar.

Indicates that the program is busy and the user should wait. Often rendered as a watch or hourglass.

Help is available for the object under the cursor. Often rendered as a question mark or a balloon.


Valid HTML 4.0!

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