change the mouse cursor to a picture using the url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/shrek_%28character%29.png in javascript

To change the mouse cursor to a picture using a URL with JavaScript, we need to set the CSS property "cursor" to "url('path/to/image')".

Here is the JavaScript code:

index.tsx
document.body.style.cursor = "url('https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/shrek_%28character%29.png'), auto";
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Explanation:

  • document.body selects the body element of the page
  • .style accesses the styles of the element
  • .cursor sets the mouse cursor style
  • "url('https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/shrek_%28character%29.png'), auto" is a string that sets the cursor image and fallback to the system default mouse cursor if the image can't be loaded.

Note that the image URL should be accessible from the website where the script is running.

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