Cursor - Htmlpedia

CSS 2 property: cursor

This property specifies the type of cursor to be displayed for the pointing device.

The cursor property accepts the following values:

<style type="text/css">
     .helplink { cursor: help; }
</style>
...
<a class="helplink" href="foo">Click here for help</a>

If you have tested support for cursor in any of the following browsers, please indicate its level of support using one of the following keywords:

If you indicate that support is "Partial" or "Buggy," please add further comments explaining what's missing or what doesn't work right.

IE 3: Support is Unknown
IE 4: Support is Unknown
IE 5: Support is Unknown
IE 5.5: Support is Unknown
IE 6: Support is Full
IE 7: Support is Full
NS 3: Support is Unknown
NS 4: Support is Unknown
NS 4.5: Support is Unknown
NS 6: Support is Unknown
NS 7: Support is Unknown
NS 8: Support is Unknown
Firefox 1: Support is Unknown
Firefox 1.5: Support is Full
Firefox 2: Support is Partial. Firefox 2 does not support animated cursors (whatever.ani) using the url() value. However it does display fall-back cursors correctly.
Mozilla: Support is Unknown
Opera 6: Support is Unknown
Opera 7: Support is Unknown
Opera 8: Support is Unknown
Opera 9: Support is Partial. Opera 9 does not support the url() value, and displays the default cursor even if a second keyword is specified as a fall-back.
Konqueror: As of version 3.5.6, Konqueror does not support the url() value, and displays the default cursor even if a second keyword is specified as a fall-back.

You can replace the I-bar with the default arrow pointer in places where you may want to give the object (such as H1) the illusion of being a graphic. The text can still be highlighted and copied.
A common trick is to use the help pointer in places where you may want to offer a help or tooltip link.