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;
}

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<!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>

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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;.











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<!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> 



















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