

We can use caret-shape to change that bar to something else like, say, a block. When you hover over buttons and the pointer cursor changes to a hand, or you hover over text and the cursor changes to a text cursor, this interactivity is achieved through custom cursors. As I write, the caret is the little blinking bar that follows each character I type. Overview of cursors in CSS We already interact with custom cursors every day.

I also think it would be nice to have the option to change the cursor style (line, block, underscore, etc) in the options. It’s part of the CSS Basic User Interfaces Module Level 4, which is currently in Working Draft status. sig June 2, 2020, 11:31pm 1 I’d love the option to stop my cursor blinking. It’s part of the CSS Basic User Interfaces Module Level 4, which is currently in Working Draft status.Īs I write, the caret is the little blinking bar that follows each character I type. The caret-shape property in CSS changes the shape of the text cursor inside editable elements that indicates a user is typing. ('myDiv').css( 'cursor', 'url(m圜ursorImage.png), auto') But suppose I have an image of an arrow with a clear background that I want to use for my cursor image. The caret-shape property in CSS changes the shape of the text cursor inside editable elements that indicates a user is typing. The caret-color CSS property sets the color of the insertion caret, the visible marker where the next character typed will be inserted. Currently I can change my cursor when I hover over certain DIVs by using the code snippet below.
