mouse-pointer

Getting the browser cursor from "wait" to "auto" without the user moving the mouse

I use this jQuery code to set the mouse pointer to its busy state (hourglass) during an Ajax call... $('body').css('cursor', 'wait'); and this corresponding code to set it back to normal... $('body').css('cursor', 'auto'); This works fine... on some browsers. On Firefox and IE, as soon as I execute the command, the mouse cursor ch...

Programatically change cursor speed in windows

Since getting a satisfactory answer on SuperUser is very difficult, I want to rephrase this question and ask: Is there any way to programatically detect a mouse was plugged in the usb port, and change the cursor speed in windows (perhaps through an API)? I'd like to use C#, but I'm open to any language that can run on a windows 7 machi...

Hide cursor in Chrome (and IE)

I have the following CSS that hides the mouse cursor for anything on the web page. It works perfectly in FireFox but in IE and and Chrome it doesn't work. html { cursor: none; } In Chrome I always see the mouse pointer. In IE however I see whatever cursor was last 'active' when it entered the screen. Presumably it's...

Silverlight: Is it possible to use custom mouse cursors/pointers?

I have just found this page indicating the support for Silverlight mouse cursors: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.input.cursor(VS.95).aspx Is that it!!! :-| what are they thinking, at least there is stylish looking Eraser! Is there aany other way to use custom cursors? How efficient/usable would it be to hide t...

Where can I get the CUR files for the Firefox cursor values?

I'm using some of Firefox's specially-defined values for cursor, in particular -moz-zoom-in -moz-zoom-out -moz-grab -moz-grabbing In order to display these on other browsers, I'd like to deploy the equivalent CUR files — but I can't seem to find these online, or in my copy of Firefox. Anyone know where these are available? ...