UA support for cursor properties

Question

I would like a unique style for links to the articles section
of a site and
I was wondering if I could try a small image and if FF and IE
would support
that and if not, just default to the pointer image.
I can't get them to accept an image (may have styled it
incorrectly) - is
there a list somewhere of browser support for cursor
properties?
I suppose I could use a bg image or colour, etc on the hover,
but kinda
liked using a small icon for the cursor instead.
Cheers,
Lossed
__when the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks
like a nail __

Answer 1

tks Gary,
Well, here goes:
FF seems to accept many file types, including .png, .cur, and
regular image
filetypes, but NOT .ani.
IE seems to accept only .cur or .ani.
If I make a 16 x 16 cursor, FF displays it as such.
IE blows it up to 32 x 32 (so I need to make it 32 x 32 and
have more
transparent area).
FF resolves the path as per normal - relative to the position
of the css
file in the file heiracy.
IE doesn't! It seems to resolve the relative path to the
cursor image as it
it's relative to the document the css is imported into, not
relative to the
css file itself.
That is why my cursor files weren't showing in IE - when I
change the path
to root relative or absolute, IE shows the cursor. Just why
it does this for
cursor images and (thank goodness) no other images called
from within the
css file, I have no idea.
And all this for just IE and FF on PC.
How other UA's and platforms treat cursor images is unclear.
"Gary White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:53:00 +1200, "Lossed"
<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>I can't get IE to show any image regardless of format
>>Must be doing something wrong somewhere I suppose.
>>I used Axialis AX-Cursor to create the images as .cur
and .ani, but
>>neither
>>show in IE, while the .cur shows in FF OK.
>
>
> No time to test right now, but try using one of the .cur
files from your
> Windows\Cursors directory, so you know the problem isn't
with the file.
> Just copy one of the .cur files to your site.
>
> Gary