Help:Cursor

A cursor is the pointer that indicates the current position of the mouse (or other device) on the screen.

This indicator can have its appearance changed a little if you want to bring attention to specific text or to a specific area when the cursor moves over that text or area. However, custom cursors should be avoided as many users find them annoying and unhelpful, particularly those which make it difficult to discern where exactly they point. See the custom cursors section for details.

Step-by-step
In order to change the look of the cursor you can style the text with span tags than contain the cursor parameter:



So, for example:



Results in:


 * Hover over me to see the cursor!

Custom cursors
It is highly recommended to not use custom cursors and instead stick to the standard cursors provided by the user's operating system.

Here are some issues that custom cursors can bring to a wiki (but not limited to):
 * it can be irritating, gimmicky, superfluous, and just plain unpleasant
 * it isn't clear where the click point is on the cursor which can frustrate and deter users from the wiki. In others words, making the wiki inaccessible just with the use of a custom cursor.
 * the same case applies to using images as custom cursors which is also often not well suited to the task at hand
 * animated custom cursors can lag.

If you want to use a custom cursor, feel free to apply it to your personal CSS so it'll only be applied to you. It is not permitted to add them globally for a wiki.

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