[css] How to get the cursor to change to the hand when hovering a <button> tag

When viewing my site, the cursor only changes to the gloved hand for <a> tags, not <button> tags. Is there a reason for this?

Here is my code (the button tags have an id of #more in css3).

 #more {
    background:none;
    border:none;
    color:#FFF;
    font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
}

This question is related to css mouse-cursor

The answer is


All u need is just use one of the attribute of CSS , which is---->

cursor:pointer

just use this property in css , no matter its inline or internal or external

for example(for inline css)

<form>
<input type="submit" style= "cursor:pointer" value="Button" name="Button">
</form>

Just add this style:

cursor: pointer;

The reason it's not happening by default is because most browsers reserve the pointer for links only (and maybe a couple other things I'm forgetting, but typically not <button>s).

More on the cursor property: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/cursor

I usually apply this to <button> and <label> by default.

NOTE: I just caught this:

the button tags have an id of #more

It's very important that each element has it's own unique id, you cannot have duplicates. Use the class attribute instead, and change your selector from #more to .more. This is actually quite a common mistake that is the cause of many problems and questions asked here. The earlier you learn how to use id, the better.


 #more {
    background:none;
    border:none;
    color:#FFF;
    font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
    cursor: pointer;
}