Why won't the cursor change over a drop down box?

[Draug]

I have:
A frame that contains a form. In this form there are push buttons, options buttons, and drop down boxes.

I am trying to change the mouse cursor over each of these items. It changes on all of the elements except the drop down boxes.

This is what I use:
var elemArray = parent.myFrame.document.myForm.elements;
var length = elemArray.length
for(i=0; i<length; i++)
{
elemArray.style.cursor = &quot;hand&quot;;
}

Why does it not change over the drop down box? How can I make it change over the drop down box?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Draug]

Anyone????

Is it even possible to change cursor over an active drop down box?

 

[Trevman]

Well you are using the wrong attribute -- it should be cursor=&quot;pointer&quot;

The CSS Spec is at:

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/ui.html#propdef-cursor

It should work -- if not then its a bug in IE (which I assume you are using since you said hand....)

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[tsdragon]

cursor:hand is a perfectly acceptable cursor style, at least for IE. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work over a select box. I can get the text color to change, so I know the style is working, but the cursor does not change. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

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Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[Draug]

Thanks for the response.

Ya, I forgot to explicitly mention that I am using IE 5 only.

I am in the same boat as tsdragon. I know the style attribute is working fine, but the property for the cursor does not seem to change.

Will it work different in IE 5.5?

Thanks,
Draug

 

[tsdragon]

The version I tested it with is 5.50.4522.1800. It didn't work on the drop down, but did over a span. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[Draug]

Did the Span work with IE 5? I have never used a Span before....

 

[tsdragon]

Span works fine. I use span to emulate the behavior of an href link using onmouseover and onmouseout to change the color and cursor style of the span, and onClick to call a function. Unfortunately, I tried putting the dropdown in a span like that and it still didn't do what you want.
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[Draug]

Ya, I have now tried Span as well. You are correct, it does not allow me to change the cursor over an active dropdown box.

Does anyone know how to do this? I am thinking it is impossible to do.

Thanks,
Jason