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#HOW TO CHANGE YOUR CURSOR INTO SOMETHING COOL HOW TO#
#HOW TO CHANGE YOUR CURSOR INTO SOMETHING COOL WINDOWS 10#
#HOW TO CHANGE YOUR CURSOR INTO SOMETHING COOL CODE#

But don’t overdo it!Īs any good designer knows, we should be careful not to confuse or overwhelm users with weird interface elements that significantly change the work environment. I hope you find this technique fun and easy enough to put to good use. Go us! Applying fun interface elements sparingly

#HOW TO CHANGE YOUR CURSOR INTO SOMETHING COOL WINDOWS 10#

cursor-wrapper Īnd that’s it! We now have a neat little cursor that follows our movements smoothly, reacts to hovers, and lets us select text. This video going over the cool enhancements to Windows 10 that lets you increase the overall size of the mouse cursor and for.

#HOW TO CHANGE YOUR CURSOR INTO SOMETHING COOL CODE#

This is actually possible through the magic of one line of custom CSS.Ĭreate an html embed element somewhere on the page and put the following code inside: Since our cursor elements are located inside the fixed wrapper, fill the whole screen, and are above everything else on the page with the highest z-index, we need to make some adjustments that allow us to hover and click through to the rest of the elements on the page. Changing your mouse pointer to a new one will take your PC customization to a whole new level. Since Windows officially allows you to change mouse pointers for windows 10, make the most out of it. Under the second tab 'Pointers' select the cursor state you want to change. Other Windows version: Press both windows button and R keys, type in the text box main.cpl and press OK button. Making sure cursor elements don’t interfere with interactive objects The cursor is the object that you are looking at most of the time. Windows 10: Right click your desktop background Personalise->Theme->Mouse Cursor. Prest-o! Your newly created cursor element is now your main cursor. The reason for using this method instead of an on-element interaction will be clear later.

Now we’re going to create an interaction that will be a trigger for the whole page. Voila! Your beautiful cursor is ready to be used! Creating an interaction Borders: solid 2px line with the color of #f07 (we may make it transparent so that it doesn’t get in the way too much).Position: absolute (do not align it in any way or the centering will be off).The outer circle is a div with these parameters: However, I kept getting more questions asking me how they could control the mouse cursor using the keyboard.

#HOW TO CHANGE YOUR CURSOR INTO SOMETHING COOL HOW TO#

Border-radius: 50% for the perfect roundness Recently I wrote an article on how to right-click using your keyboard and many people found it useful.

The inner dot is a div with these parameters: Since we’re going to create a slightly complex cursor, the object will consist of two elements: an inner dot and an outer circle. Now we’ll create the actual cursor object. Windows 10 has built-in feature of changing cursor color and size. We centered the cursor’s children to create the interaction that follows the pointer device. Here is guide how to change mouse pointer color. This div will contain our always-on-top cursor.

Z-index: 100 (this has to be the highest number on your site).

Setting the scene and creating our elementsĬreate a cursor-wrapper div with the following parameters: