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How to create Custom Cursor using CSS
We can create a custom cursor image with extensions like .cur (for Internet Explorer), .gif and .png (for Chrome, Firefox, Safari) and apply it to an element using the CSS cursor property and setting it to a url and in addition a generic cursor value such as auto,default, pointer, etc.
Solution
Selector {
cursor: url("/*path to custom cursor file*/"), generic cursor;
}Example
Let’s see how to create custom cursor with an example −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Custom Cursor Using CSS</title>
<style>
form {
width:70%;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
* {
padding: 2px;
margin:5px;
}
input[type="button"] {
border-radius: 10px;
}
#tech1 {
cursor: url("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/images/dbms.png"), auto;
}
#tech2 {
cursor: url("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/images/Python.png"), auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>Custom Cursor Using CSS</legend>
<h1>Learn</h1>
<input type="button" id="tech1" value="DBMS">
<input type="button" id="tech2" value="Python">
</fieldset>
</form>
</body></html>Output
Following is the output for the above code −
Hovering over ‘DBMS’ button −
Hovering over ‘Python’ button −
Updated on: 07-Jan-2020
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