Changing mouse pointer

[memphosatic]

I am new in this , im using Xp and How can i change my mouse pointer in to something cool .

[Dr. V]

This simple tips is designated to show you how to change your mouse pointer:

• Right-click on your desktop and scroll to "Personalize".
• In the open window, select “Personalize appearance and sound”.
• Then click "mouse pointer".
• Under the "Pointers", select from the list of options and click “Apply” > “OK”.

[Birdie]

• Click Start and select Settings.
  
• Select Control Panel.
  
• Double-click the Mouse icon to display Mouse Properties.
  
• Click the Pointers tab.
  
• Click the down arrow on the right of the Scheme field to display the
  
• different pointer designs.
  
• View each scheme to display the pointer icons assigned to various mouse functions.
  
• Select the scheme you like, or create your own mouse scheme by selecting a pointer icon and using the Browse button to find and replace the pointer icon. (Look in the Cursors folder within the Windows folder.) Be sure to name and save the customized scheme.
  
• Click OK or Apply to change to the new mouse pointer.

[johnson22]

change mouse pointer with JavaScript

Your mouse pointer (cursor) is just another element on a web page. You can control many aspects of how it looks in response to different events on your web page.

Let's say you have a form that takes a few seconds to process and you want to let your users know not to keep clicking the "submit" button. You can very simply add the following to the <FORM> HTML tag:

<FORM ... onsubmit="document.body.style.cursor='wait'">

Be aware that this will not work on older versions of browsers - your mileage may vary, see dealer for details. But the nice thing is that with a single line you can tell your users that something is happening.

Here is a list of possible cursors you can use:

• auto
  
• crosshair
  
• default
  
• pointer (hand in IE 5.x)
  
• help
  
• move
  
• text
  
• wait
  
• e-resize, w-resize, n-resize, s-resize, ne-resize, nw-resize, se-resize, sw-resize

These values can be assigned with the onmouseover / onmouseout event handlers for any image or page element. For example add this to an image on your page:

<IMG src=".." ... onmouseover="this.style.cursor='crosshair';">

Hopefully you can experiment with cursor control and let it be another extension of your web pages.

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