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kevin
kevin

Reputation: 4357

how to set cursor style to pointer for links without hrefs

I have a lot of <a> html tags without the href attribute for making onclick javascript calls. These links do not have a pointer style of cursor. They have text style cursor.

How can I set the cursor style to pointer for links without using the href attribute?

I know I can add href="#". I have this in a lot of places in the html document, and would like to know how to make cursor style pointer for links without using the href attribute.

Upvotes: 167

Views: 309487

Answers (7)

mxmissile
mxmissile

Reputation: 11673

style="cursor: pointer;"

Upvotes: 11

BabaRick
BabaRick

Reputation: 25

This worked for me:

<a onClick={this.openPopupbox} style={{cursor: 'pointer'}}>

Upvotes: -2

Lou
Lou

Reputation: 59

This is how change the cursor from an arrow to a hand when you hover over a given object (myObject).

myObject.style.cursor = 'pointer';

Upvotes: 5

Ross
Ross

Reputation: 14415

in your css file add this....

a:hover {
 cursor:pointer;
}

if you don't have a css file, add this to the HEAD of your HTML page

<style type="text/css">
 a:hover {
  cursor:pointer;
 }
</style>

also you can use the href="" attribute by returning false at the end of your javascript.

<a href="" onclick="doSomething(); return false;">a link</a>

this is good for many reasons. SEO or if people don't have javascript, the href="" will work. e.g.

<a href="nojavascriptpage.html" onclick="doSomething(); return false;">a link</a>

@see http://www.alistapart.com/articles/behavioralseparation

Edit: Worth noting @BalusC's answer where he mentions :hover is not necessary for the OP's use case. Although other style can be add with the :hover selector.

Upvotes: 248

Dan
Dan

Reputation: 17445

create a class with the following CSS and add it to your tags with onclick events:

cursor:pointer;

Upvotes: 4

Alxandr
Alxandr

Reputation: 12421

Give them all a common class (for instance link). Then add in css-file:

.link { cursor: pointer; }

Or as @mxmissile suggested, do it inline with style="cursor: pointer;"

Upvotes: 3

Andy Shellam
Andy Shellam

Reputation: 15535

Use CSS cursor: pointer if I remember correctly.

Either in your CSS file:

.link_cursor
{
    cursor: pointer;
}

Then just add the following HTML to any elements you want to have the link cursor: class="link_cursor" (the preferred method.)

Or use inline CSS:

<a style="cursor: pointer;">

Upvotes: 8

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