Update! New & improved! Find plugin @ GitHub!
On another note, while that method is simple, I've created a jQuery plug (found at this jsFiddle, just copy and past code between comment lines) that makes changing the cursor on any element as simple as $("element").cursor("pointer").
But that's not all! Act now and you'll get the hand functions position & ishover for no extra charge! That's right, 2 very handy cursor functions ... FREE!
They work as simple as seen in the demo:
$("h3").cursor("isHover"); // if hovering over an h3 element, will return true,
// else false
// also handy as
$("h2, h3").cursor("isHover"); // unless your h3 is inside an h2, this will be
// false as it checks to see if cursor is hovered over both elements, not just the last!
// And to make this deal even sweeter - use the following to get a jQuery object
// of ALL elements the cursor is currently hovered over on demand!
$.cursor("isHover");
Also:
$.cursor("position"); // will return the current cursor position as { x: i, y: i }
// at anytime you call it!
Supplies are limited, so Act Now!