This is a quick reference chart CSS cursor styles. I made it a number of years ago, but still find it occasionally useful.
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crosshair | QQQ | ![]() |
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XOR'd with background color |
default | ![]() |
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hand | ![]() |
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help | ![]() |
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move | ![]() |
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no-drop | ![]() |
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not-allowed | ![]() |
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pointer | ![]() |
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progress | ![]() |
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row-resize | ![]() |
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text | ![]() |
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vertical-text | ![]() |
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wait | ![]() |
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n-resize | ![]() |
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ne-resize | ![]() |
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e-resize | ![]() |
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se-resize | ![]() |
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s-resize | ![]() |
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sw-resize | ![]() |
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w-resize | ![]() |
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nw-resize | ![]() |
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url(url) | ![]() |
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IE6+ but standard | |
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IE6+ but standard |
In IE6+ you can also specify a custom cursor with cursor: url(url) to load in a Windows-format .CUR or .ANI file.
Note there was a bug in Apache 1.3 that prevented serving ANI cursor files if mod_mime_magic was in use.
Updates
- May 19, 2002
- Initial
- Jan 27, 2003
- Added demo images and compatibility matrix
- April 20, 2009
- Added Firefox column, added ANI format cursor demo