cursor property CSS Reference

Definition and Usage

The cursor CSS property specifies the mouse cursor displayed when the mouse pointer is over an element.

• Initial auto
• Applies to all elements
• Inherited yes
• Media visual, interactive
• Computed Value as specified, but with relative URI converted into absolute URI
• Animatable no
• Canonical order the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

Formal syntax: [ [ <uri> [<x> <y>]?,]* [ auto | default | none | context-menu | help | pointer | progress | wait | cell | crosshair | text | vertical-text | alias | copy | move | no-drop | not-allowed | e-resize | n-resize | ne-resize | nw-resize | s-resize | se-resize | sw-resize | w-resize | ew-resize | ns-resize | nesw-resize | nwse-resize | col-resize | row-resize | all-scroll | zoom-in | zoom-out | grab | grabbing ] ]

Values

<uri>

A url(…) or a comma separated list url(…), url(…), …, pointing to an image file. More than one <uri> may be provided as fallback, in case some cursor image types are not supported. A non-URL fallback (one ore more of the other values) must be at the end of the fallback list.

<x> <y>

Optional x- and y-coordinates. Two unit-less non-negative numbers less than 32.

Keyword values

Move mouse over value for testing:

Category	CSS value	Description
General	auto	The browser determines the cursor to display based on the current context. E.g. equivalent to text when hovering text.
	default	Default cursor, typically an arrow.
	none	No cursor is rendered.
Links & status	context-menu	A context menu is available under the cursor. Only IE 10 and up have implemented this on Windows: bug 258960.
	help	Indicating help is available.
	pointer	E.g. used when hovering over links, typically a hand.
	progress	The program is busy in the background but the user can still interact with the interface (unlike for wait).
	wait	The program is busy (sometimes an hourglass or a watch).
Selection	cell	Indicating that cells can be selected.
	crosshair	Cross cursor, often used to indicate selection in a bitmap.
	text	Indicating text can be selected, typically an I-beam.
	vertical-text	Indicating that vertical text can be selected, typically a sideways I-beam.
Drag and drop	alias	Indicating an alias or shortcut is to be created.
	copy	Indicating that something can be copied.
	move	The hovered object may be moved.
	no-drop	Cursor showing that a drop is not allowed at the current location.
	not-allowed	Cursor showing that something cannot be done.
Resize & scrolling	all-scroll	Cursor showing that something can be scrolled in any direction (panned). bug 275174 on Windows, "all-scroll is the same as move".
	col-resize	The item/column can be resized horizontally. Often rendered as arrows pointing left and right with a vertical bar separating.
	row-resize	The item/row can be resized vertically. Often rendered as arrows pointing up and down with a horizontal bar separating them.
	n-resize	Some edge is to be moved. For example, the se-resize cursor is used when the movement starts from the south-east corner of the box.
	e-resize
	s-resize
	w-resize
	ne-resize
	nw-resize
	se-resize
	sw-resize
	ew-resize	Indicates a bidirectional resize cursor.
	ns-resize
	nesw-resize
	nwse-resize
Zoom	zoom-in	Indicates that something can be zoomed (magnified) in or out.
	zoom-out
Grab	grab	Indicates that something can be grabbed (dragged to be moved).
	grabbing

Examples

.foo { cursor: crosshair; }
/* use prefixed-value if "zoom-in" isn't supported */
.bar { cursor: -webkit-zoom-in;  cursor: zoom-in; }
/* standard cursor value as fallback for url() must be provided (doesn't work without) */
.baz { cursor: url(hyper.cur), auto }

Compatibility