Changing cursor to waiting in javascript/jquery

How would i get my cursor to change to this loading icon when a function is called and how would i change it back to a normal cursor in javascript/jquery

Solution 1:

In your jQuery use:

$("body").css("cursor", "progress");

and then back to normal again

$("body").css("cursor", "default");

Solution 2:

A colleague suggested an approach that I find preferable to the chosen solution here. First, in CSS, add this rule:

body.waiting * {
    cursor: progress;
}

Then, to turn on the progress cursor, say:

$('body').addClass('waiting');

and to turn off the progress cursor, say:

$('body').removeClass('waiting');

The advantage of this approach is that when you turn off the progress cursor, whatever other cursors may have been defined in your CSS will be restored. If the CSS rule is not powerful enough in precedence to overrule other CSS rules, you can add an id to the body and to the rule, or use !important.

Solution 3:

Please don't use jQuery for this in 2021! There is no reason to include an entire external library just to perform this one action which can be achieved with one line:

Change cursor to spinner: document.body.style.cursor = 'wait'

Revert cursor to normal: document.body.style.cursor = 'default'

Solution 4:

jQuery:
$("body").css("cursor", "progress");

back again
$("body").css("cursor", "default");

Pure:
document.body.style.cursor = 'progress';

back again
document.body.style.cursor = 'default';