CSS trouble. Hand or Pointer?

[Daz]

Hi everyone.

I am looking for a method where I can dynamically choose whether to use
the hand cursor or pointer cursor, without actually identifying the
browser first. IE supports the 'hand' cursor and not the 'pointer'
cursor, and Firefox supports pointer instead, but not the hand pointer.
What I am looking to do, is instead of identifying the browser, I would
like the check if the particular cursor style is supported by the
browser (which could be a browser I don't know about, so haven't tested
it on).

This will also ensure that my script remains compatible with most
changes that might be made to these browsers in the future, for
example, if IE starts supporting the 'pointer' cursor. Then I wouldn't
need to change my script. To me this is what dynamic scripting is all
about, as opposed to identifying a browser, and possibly getting it
wrong, or having to do more work.

Many thanks in advace.

Daz.

 

[Daz]

Hi everyone.

I am looking for a method where I can dynamically choose whether to use
the hand cursor or pointer cursor, without actually identifying the
browser first. IE supports the 'hand' cursor and not the 'pointer'
cursor, and Firefox supports pointer instead, but not the hand pointer.
What I am looking to do, is instead of identifying the browser, I would
like the check if the particular cursor style is supported by the
browser (which could be a browser I don't know about, so haven't tested
it on).

This will also ensure that my script remains compatible with most
changes that might be made to these browsers in the future, for
example, if IE starts supporting the 'pointer' cursor. Then I wouldn't
need to change my script. To me this is what dynamic scripting is all
about, as opposed to identifying a browser, and possibly getting it
wrong, or having to do more work.

Many thanks in advace.

Daz.

Problem solved!

Simply use:
cursor: pointer;
cursor: hand;
in your CSS.

Note, that:
cursor: hand;
cursor: pointer;
doesn't appear to work.