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# Cursor Control

Cursor control attributes control how the cursor is displayed when the mouse pointer is placed over an element.

>  **NOTE**
>
>  This feature is supported since API version 11. Updates will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version.


## cursorControl

### setCursor

setCursor(value: PointerStyle): void

Sets the cursor style. This API is a global API.

**Parameters**

| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| ----- | ------ | ---- | ---- |
| value | [PointerStyle](../apis/js-apis-pointer.md#pointerstyle) | All consistent  | Cursor style.|


### restoreDefault

restoreDefault(): void

Restores the cursor to its default style. This API is a global API.


## Example


```ts
// xxx.ets
import pointer from '@ohos.multimodalInput.pointer';

@Entry
@Component
struct CursorControlExample {
  @State text: string = ''
  controller: TextInputController = new TextInputController()

  build() {
    Column() {
      Row().height(200).width(200).backgroundColor(Color.Green).position({x: 150 ,y:70})
        .onHover((flag) => {
          if (flag) {
            cursorControl.setCursor(pointer.PointerStyle.EAST)
          } else {
            cursorControl.restoreDefault()
          }
        })
      Row().height(200).width(200).backgroundColor(Color.Blue).position({x: 220 ,y:120})
        .onHover((flag) => {
          if (flag) {
            cursorControl.setCursor(pointer.PointerStyle.WEST)
          } else {
            cursorControl.restoreDefault()
          }
        })
    }.width('100%')
  }
}
```
Diagram:

When the mouse pointer is placed over the blue area, the west arrow cursor is displayed.

![cursor_blue](figures/cursor_blue.jpg)

When the mouse pointer is placed over the green area, the east arrow cursor is displayed.

![cursor_green](figures/cursor_green.jpg)