how to set cursor style to pointer for links without hrefs

Question

i have a lot of html tags without href for making onclick javascript calls. but these links do not have a pointer style of cursor. they only have text style cursor.

how to set cursor style to pointer for links without hrefs?

i know i can add href="#", but i have this in a lot of places in the html document and would like to know how to make cursor style pointer for links without href.

Answer 1

Use CSS cursor: pointer if I remember correctly.

Either in your CSS file:

.link_cursor
{
    cursor: pointer;
}

Then just add the following HTML to any elements you want to have the link cursor: class="link_cursor" (the preferred method.)

Or use inline CSS:

<a style="cursor: pointer;">

Answer 2

style="cursor: pointer;"

Answer 3

Just add this to your global CSS style:

a { cursor: pointer; }

This way you're not dependent on the browser default cursor style anymore.

Answer 4

in your css file add this....

a:hover {
 cursor:pointer;
}

if you don't have a css file, add this to the HEAD of your HTML page

<style type="text/css">
 a:hover {
  cursor:pointer;
 }
</style>

also you can use the href="" attribute by returning false at the end of your javascript.

<a href="" onclick="doSomething(); return false;">a link</a>

this is good for many reasons. SEO or if people don't have javascript, the href="" will work. e.g.

<a href="nojavascriptpage.html" onclick="doSomething(); return false;">a link</a>

@see http://www.alistapart.com/articles/behavioralseparation

Answer 5

Give them all a common class (for instance link). Then add in css-file:

.link { cursor: pointer; }

Or as @mxmissile suggested, do it inline with style="cursor: pointer;"

Answer 6

create a class with the following CSS and add it to your tags with onclick events:

cursor:pointer;