I know it is possible to use jQuery to do something like:
$('body').css('cursor','wait');
What I want to know is: is it possible to change the cursor to a custom loading animation, such as a simple 'spinner' gif?
Many thanks in advance.
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You are just manipulating CSS on the fly here. See the spec — URIs are acceptable. Browser support is variable. I haven't tried it in years, but last time I did Internet Explorer required the cursors to be in .cur format.
That said, while it is possible, there are a good set of standard cursors that users recognise. It is rare that you will have thing usefully represented by a cursor that isn't covered by the standard list, and when that list does cover things it should be used so users don't have to learn a new icon.
David Dorward
2009-09-02 14:59:01
The reason I want to do it is purely aesthetical. I don't think the user will have any problems recognizing what a spinning gif animation means, however I'm going to use something like :link,:visited { cursor: url(example.svg#linkcursor), url(hyper.cur), pointer }so that even if the .cur isn't recognised it will still show that something is loading.
gomezuk
2009-09-02 15:52:43
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yes, have a look at this page
or this
custom cursor - 2 (easier to understand/customize i guess)
(but using non-default cursors is probably not a great idea)
gabtub
2009-09-02 15:02:05