Why is there a hand over my cursor?

Why is there a hand over my cursor?

Are you working on a Microsoft Word document and you’re stuck because the cursor has become a hand? It’s super-easy to fix. All you need to do is press the Esc key. That will switch the cursor back to the regular pointy selection cursor.

How do I get my cursor back on Windows 8?

Press this (or press FN+F5 depending on you configuration), and hey presto… the cursor returns. Thanks again – and hope this helps someone else. Thanks for sharing your experience. It worked for me.

How do I get rid of invisible cursor?

Mouse cursor is invisible. How do I fix it?

  1. Press and hold the buttons: “Ctrl”, “Alt” and “Delete” on your keyboard.
  2. Press the “Escape” button to get back to your normal Windows screen.
  3. After applying the steps above, your main cursor should be again available for you to use.

Why does my cursor look like a fist?

That would likely mean the app has crashed, requiring you to restart the app. You should report that to the app developers. I have the same issue – once it happens the cursor is a fist on all play store apps but not on the web browser.

How do I get the cursor back?

Click on the ‘Pointer Options tab’ or press ‘Ctrl’ + ‘Tab’ until the ‘Pointer Options’ tab is activated. Click the checkbox ‘Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key’ or press ‘Alt’+’S’ on the keyboard which puts a tick in the box. Click ‘OK’ or press ‘Enter’ to confirm and exit mouse properties.

How do I get the cursor back on my touchscreen laptop?

Open Control Panel > Mouse > Pointer Options. Uncheck the Hide pointer while typing and see if it makes the problem go away. Press one of these key combinations and see if te get the pointer back – Fn+F3, Fn+F5, Fn+F9, Fn+F11.

How do I change my hand cursor?

You can simply use the CSS cursor property with the value pointer to change the cursor into a hand pointer while hover over any element and not just hyperlink. In the following example when you place the cursor over the list item, it will change into a hand pointer instead of the default text selection cursor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt7MV7qzl5s

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