[Javascript] changing the mouse pointer

[Rodney Myers]

According to O'Reilly / Dynamic HTML / Goodman
these are the styles available in IE4+
Book was published too early to comment on NN6 but NN4 does not support
this style.

default (arrow similar to nw-resize)

crosshair hand move text wait help

(Following are arrows pointing in the compass direction indicated)
n-resize s-resize e-resize w-resize
ne-resize se-resize nw-resize sw-resize

Rodney


Peter Brunone wrote:

>     This can be done with a style attribute over items, so you should
> be able to change it for the entire body like
> so:document.body.style.cursor = 'hand;     I only know "hand" -- don't
> have the chart handy :), but I believe the name of the hourglass
> cursor is "wait".
>
>      Is it possible to change the mouse pointer to the hourglass
>      while a piece of javascript is running? If so how?ThanksLau
>