Question

I’ve build a drag and drop interface using JavaScript where users can click and drag a link (that sometimes has a CSS background image) and drop it onto the canvas.

My problem is that the mouse cursor has the link background image beneath it during dragging. I need to add my own cursor design, so is there any way to turn this CSS background off so that it doesn’t follow the mouse upon dragging?

Answer 1

The best solution I found for this problem was to use jQuery to assign e.preventDefault() to the click event of the link, thus disabling the background drag effect. Then, if you want a custom cursor upon dragging, write a script to match an absolutely positioned div’s (with the image as the background) x,y cords to the mouse position.