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Utilities for controlling the cursor style when hovering over an element.

Quick reference

Class	Properties	Preview
cursor-auto	cursor: auto;
cursor-default	cursor: default;
cursor-pointer	cursor: pointer;
cursor-wait	cursor: wait;
cursor-text	cursor: text;
cursor-move	cursor: move;
cursor-help	cursor: help;
cursor-not-allowed	cursor: not-allowed;
cursor-none	cursor: none;
cursor-context-menu	cursor: context-menu;
cursor-progress	cursor: progress;
cursor-cell	cursor: cell;
cursor-crosshair	cursor: crosshair;
cursor-vertical-text	cursor: vertical-text;
cursor-alias	cursor: alias;
cursor-copy	cursor: copy;
cursor-no-drop	cursor: no-drop;
cursor-grab	cursor: grab;
cursor-grabbing	cursor: grabbing;
cursor-all-scroll	cursor: all-scroll;
cursor-col-resize	cursor: col-resize;
cursor-row-resize	cursor: row-resize;
cursor-n-resize	cursor: n-resize;
cursor-e-resize	cursor: e-resize;
cursor-s-resize	cursor: s-resize;
cursor-w-resize	cursor: w-resize;
cursor-ne-resize	cursor: ne-resize;
cursor-nw-resize	cursor: nw-resize;
cursor-se-resize	cursor: se-resize;
cursor-sw-resize	cursor: sw-resize;
cursor-ew-resize	cursor: ew-resize;
cursor-ns-resize	cursor: ns-resize;
cursor-nesw-resize	cursor: nesw-resize;
cursor-nwse-resize	cursor: nwse-resize;
cursor-zoom-in	cursor: zoom-in;
cursor-zoom-out	cursor: zoom-out;

Basic usage

Setting the cursor style

Use the cursor-* utilities to control which cursor is displayed when hovering over an element.

Hover over each button to see the cursor change

<button type="button" class="cursor-pointer ...">
  Submit
</button>
<button type="button" class="cursor-progress ...">
  Saving...
</button>
<button type="button" disabled class="cursor-not-allowed ...">
  Confirm
</button>

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Applying conditionally

Hover, focus, and other states

Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use focus:cursor-auto to only apply the cursor-auto utility on focus.

<div class="cursor-not-allowed focus:cursor-auto">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.

Breakpoints and media queries

You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:cursor-auto to apply the cursor-auto utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<div class="cursor-not-allowed md:cursor-auto">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, Dark Mode and other media query modifiers.

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Using custom values

Customizing your theme

By default, Tailwind includes cursor utilities for many built in options. You can customize these values by editing theme.cursor or theme.extend.cursor in your tailwind.config.js file.

tailwind.config.js

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      cursor: {
        'fancy': 'url(hand.cur), pointer',
      }
    }
  }
}

Learn more about customizing the default theme in the theme customization documentation.

Arbitrary values

If you need to use a one-off cursor value that doesn’t make sense to include in your theme, use square brackets to generate a property on the fly using any arbitrary value.

<div class="cursor-[url(hand.cur),_pointer]">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Learn more about arbitrary value support in the arbitrary values documentation.