Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
The Window.setCursor() method sets the cursor for the current window.
Example
function setBusyCursor(enable) {
window.setCursor(enable ? "wait" : "auto");
}
Notes
The cursor isn't reset until it's set back to auto.
This function is a part of ChromeWindow interface. This function is unavailable to web pages, which can use the CSS cursor property instead.
Specification
This is not part of any specification.
Browser Compatibility
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
setCursor | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support No | IE ? | Opera ? | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.