Hide the cursor in a webpage using CSS and JavaScript

Given an HTML document and the task is to hide the cursor from the given element using CSS and JavaScript.

Approach:

  • First, select the element where cursor element need to hide.
  • Add CSS style cursor:none to the a class.
  • Add the class name (class name of CSS style cursor:none) to the particular element where cursor element to be hide.

Example 1: This example hides the cursor from the <div> element.



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<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title> 
            Hide the cursor in a element
            using CSS and JavaScript
        </title>
          
        <style>
            #GFG_DIV {
                background: green;
                height: 100px;
                width: 200px;
                margin: 0 auto;
                color: white;
            }
              
            /* CSS style to hide cursor element */
            .newClass {
                cursor: none;
            }
        </style>
    </head> 
      
    <body style = "text-align:center;"> 
          
        <h1 style = "color:green;" > 
            GeeksForGeeks 
        </h1>
          
        <p id = "GFG_UP" style = 
            "font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">
        </p>
          
        <div id = "GFG_DIV">
            This is Div box.
        </div>
        <br>
          
        <button onClick = "GFG_Fun()">
            click here
        </button>
          
        <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style =
            "color: green; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">
        </p>
          
        <!-- Script to hide cursor element -->
        <script>
            var up = document.getElementById('GFG_UP');
            var down = document.getElementById('GFG_DOWN');
            var div = document.getElementById('GFG_DIV');
              
            up.innerHTML = "Click on button to hide the cursor from DIV.";
              
            /* Function to add class name to hide cursor element */
            function GFG_Fun() {
                div.classList.add("newClass");
                down.innerHTML = "Cursor is removed from DIV!"; 
            }
        </script> 
    </body> 
</html>                    

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Example 2: This example hides the cursor from the <body> of a web-page.











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<!DOCTYPE HTML>  


<html>  


    <head>  


        <title>  


            Hide the cursor in a element 


            using CSS and JavaScript 


        </title> 


          


        <style> 


            #GFG_DIV { 


                background: green; 


                height: 100px; 


                width: 200px; 


                margin: 0 auto; 


                color: white; 


            } 


              


            /* CSS style to hide cursor element */ 


            .newClass { 


                cursor: none; 


            } 


        </style> 


    </head>  


      


    <body style = "text-align:center;" id = "body">  


      


        <h1 style = "color:green;" >  


            GeeksForGeeks  


        </h1> 


          


        <p id = "GFG_UP" style = 


            "font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"> 


        </p> 


          


        <div id = "GFG_DIV"> 


            This is Div box. 


        </div> 


        <br> 


          


        <button onClick = "GFG_Fun()"> 


            click here 


        </button> 


          


        <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style =  


            "color: green; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;"> 


        </p> 


          


        <!-- Script to hide cursor element -->


        <script> 


            var up = document.getElementById('GFG_UP'); 


            var down = document.getElementById('GFG_DOWN'); 


            var body = document.getElementById('body'); 


              


            up.innerHTML = "Click on button to hide the cursor from DIV."; 


              


            /* Function to add class name to hide cursor element */ 


            function GFG_Fun() { 


                body.classList.add("newClass"); 


                down.innerHTML = "Cursor is removed from body!";  


            } 


        </script>  


    </body>  


</html>                                 



















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