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---
title: CSS Cursors
---
## CSS Cursors
The cursor property specifies the type of cursor to be displayed when you hover over an element. It has 39 possible values:
```css
.alias { cursor: alias; }
.all-scroll { cursor: all-scroll; }
.auto { cursor: auto; }
.cell { cursor: cell; }
.context-menu { cursor: context-menu; }
.col-resize { cursor: col-resize; }
.copy { cursor: copy; }
.crosshair { cursor: crosshair; }
.default { cursor: default; }
.e-resize { cursor: e-resize; }
.ew-resize { cursor: ew-resize; }
.grab { cursor: grab; }
.grabbing { cursor: grabbing; }
.help { cursor: help; }
.move { cursor: move; }
.n-resize { cursor: n-resize; }
.ne-resize { cursor: ne-resize; }
.nesw-resize { cursor: nesw-resize; }
.ns-resize { cursor: ns-resize; }
.nw-resize { cursor: nw-resize; }
.nwse-resize { cursor: nwse-resize; }
.no-drop { cursor: no-drop; }
.none { cursor: none; }
.not-allowed { cursor: not-allowed; }
.pointer { cursor: pointer; }
.progress { cursor: progress; }
.row-resize { cursor: row-resize; }
.s-resize { cursor: s-resize; }
.se-resize { cursor: se-resize; }
.sw-resize { cursor: sw-resize; }
.text { cursor: text; }
.vertical-text { cursor: vertical-text; }
.w-resize { cursor: w-resize; }
.wait { cursor: wait; }
.zoom-in { cursor: zoom-in; }
.zoom-out { cursor: zoom-out; }
.initial { cursor: initial; }
.inherit { cursor: inherit; }
```
![alt text](http://www.javascripter.net/faq/24_cursor_styles.gif "CSS Cursors")
You can also set an image as the cursor.
Note: Always specific a default cursor at the end incase the specified cursor is unavailable.
```
.custom-cursor {
cursor: url(cursor-image.png),auto;
}
```
#### More Information:
* Check the above cursor values in action: <a href='https://codepen.io/chriscoyier/pen/uCwfB' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>codepen</a>
* Mozilla Developer Network: <a href='https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/cursor' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>MDN</a>
* Browser Support: <a href='http://caniuse.com/#search=cursor' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>caniuse</a>
* Cursor examples by w3schools: <a href='https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/playit.asp?filename=playcss_cursor&preval=none' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>w3schools</a>