Stop Cursor Changing On Hyperlinks?

Hi, can someone please give me a script to stop the cursor from changing when on a hyperlink? i.e. it always changes to that pointing hand, and i don't want it to. Thanx :thumbsup:

Why don't you want it to?

Originally posted by brothercake
Why don't you want it to?

cos i have a little red cursor with a document crosshair. check this link.....i don't like it changing :(

http://www.freewebs.com/bhalsod/home.htm

The cursor change is important; I strongly advise against messing with it.


But it's your choice - you can apply your body cursor also to <a>:

<style type="text/css">
body,a{
cursor: url(cursor3.cur);
}
</style>

Originally posted by brothercake
The cursor change is important; I strongly advise against messing with it.


But it's your choice - you can apply your body cursor also to <a>:

<style type="text/css">
body,a{
cursor: url(cursor3.cur);
}
</style>


thanx for the help, but why do u advise against messing with it?

You'll confuse your visitors. Unless that's what you want, maybe for a game or something?

Yeah, that's why. Cursors signify different meanings - text cursor for selectable text, pointer for links, and so on. It's better not to mess with that because people often rely on the cursor to tell them what they can interact with and how.

You do do a very obvious colour change onrollover, and that certainly helps, but all the same, I wouldn't do it personally.

Originally posted by x_goose_x
You'll confuse your visitors. Unless that's what you want, maybe for a game or something?

well i have mouseover text color change for the links.....I still can't get this to work by the way. say if I have another cursor, cursor1.cur. How can I make the cursor change to this on a hyperlink. Please can I get the exact code from someone, because I am a newbie at this. thanx

<style type="text/css">

body {
cursor: url(cursor.cur);
}

a {
cursor: url(cursor2.cur);
color: blue;
}

a:hover {
color: red;
}

</style>

Originally posted by x_goose_x

<style type="text/css">

body {
cursor: url(cursor.cur);
}

a {
cursor: url(cursor2.cur);
color: blue;
}

a:hover {
color: red;
}

</style>



thanx....where do i place it?

dont worry, i sorted it, thanx a lot!

whenever i scroll over a hyperlink now, the busy cursor appears before it changes to a differnet cursor. is there any way to stop this? :confused:

Maybe it's reloading the cursor image every time; IE has a number of bugs to do with continual image reloading. Might be that - can you upload your in-progress to that URL so we can see what's happening.