How to make the cursor to hand when a user hovers over a list item using CSS?

Use CSS property to create cursor to hand when user hovers over the list of items. First create list of items using HTML <ul> and <li> tag and then use CSS property :hover to cursor:grab; to make cursor to hand hover the list of items.

Syntax:

element:hover {
    cursor:grab/pointer;
}

Example 1:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>make cursor to hand</title> 
        <style> 
            body { 
                width:70%;     
            } 
            h1 { 
                color:green; 
                text-align:center; 
            } 
            li:hover{ 
                cursor:grab; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        <div class = "sub">Computer Science Subject Lists:</div> 
        <ul> 
            <li>Data Structure</li> 
            <li>Algorithm</li> 
            <li>Operating System</li> 
            <li>Computer Networks</li> 
            <li>C Programming</li> 
            <li>Java</li> 
            <li>DBMS</li> 
        </ul>     
    </body> 
</html> 

Output:

Example 2: This example contains CSS property to change cursor pointer alternate. In this example, use nth-child(2n+1) as cursor:grab; and use nth-child(2n+2) as cursor:pointer;.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>make cursor to hand</title> 
        <style> 
            body { 
                width:60%;     
            } 
            h1 { 
                color:green; 
                text-align:center; 
            } 
            li { 
                font-size:20px; 
            } 
            li:nth-child(2n+1) { 
                background: green; 
                cursor:grab; 
                width:50%; 
                padding:5px; 
            } 
            li:nth-child(2n+2) { 
                background: #CCC; 
                cursor:pointer; 
                width:50%; 
                padding:5px; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        <div class = "sub">Computer Science Subject Lists:</div> 
        <ul> 
            <li>Data Structure</li> 
            <li>Algorithm</li> 
            <li>Operating System</li> 
            <li>Computer Networks</li> 
            <li>C Programming</li> 
            <li>Java</li> 
            <li>DBMS</li> 
        </ul>     
    </body> 
</html> 

Output:

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