How to hide the cursor using JavaScript

As in this task mentioned above as the title, we are here to learn how to hide the cursor in any of the webpages or the website by using JavaScript, also known as the internet language. In this tutorial, we will also learn how to hide the cursor from the whole webpage and how to hide the cursor from any of the particular element tags on the webpage.

Why there is a need to hide the cursor in the webpage

As following reasons are there to hide the cursor on the web pages are

For security reasons to prevent any information leak from the web pages such as copying of the content, taking screenshots, and performing screen-recording.
To provide better and more interactive user interaction with the system interface by minimizing user distraction.

Different methods to hide the cursor in web pages

There are mainly 2 methods or ways to hide the cursor on web pages are-

By using JavaScript in an HTML file
By using CSS in HTML file

By using JavaScript in an HTML file

There are the following steps to be followed to hide the cursor using JavaScript:

In the first step, we have to create an HTML file in an IDE such as Visual Studio code by naming the file cursor.html.
In the second step, we create the boilerplate on the file which is the template that contains all the basic structure or the outer skeleton of the web page.
```
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
```
The above code represents the basic structure of any of the web pages which is also called the boilerplate template.

Now in the third step, we are going to enter some of the elements or the tags such as the header tag, paragraph tag, etc in which we can write our content or the required text on the web pages.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Hide the cursor using JavaScript</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1 id = "heading1">Welcome Everbody</h1>
    <h2>My name is aditya kumar pradhan</h2>
    <p id = "para1">Welcome everybody to my webpage</p>
</body>
</html>

In the above code, we created some of the content for the webpage to make it presentable.

Output -> Output of the above code

Now in the 4th step, We used the <script> tag, in the HTML to make reference executable, especially for JavaScript in the HTML file.
```
<script type = "text/JavaScript">     

</script>
```

Now in the 5th step, we write the code in the script tag to hide the cursor when we hover over the elements or the contents of the web pages.

<script type = "text/JavaScript">
        document.getElementById('para1').style.cursor = 'none';
        document.getElementById('heading1').style.cursor = 'none';
    </script>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Hide the cursor using JavaScript</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1 id = "heading1">Welcome Everbody</h1>
    <h2>My name is aditya kumar pradhan</h2>
    <p id = "para1">Welcome everybody to my webpage</p>
    <script type = "text/JavaScript">
        document.getElementById('para1').style.cursor = 'none';
        document.getElementById('heading1').style.cursor = 'none';
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Output -> Final Output

Final Output

By using CSS in HTML file

There are the following steps to hide the cursor using the CSS in HTML file are –

In the first step, we will create the basic template i.e. the boilerplate in the HTML file.

In the 2nd step, we will add the style tag to the HTML file which will link it to the CSS file.

<style type="text/css">
        * {
            cursor: none;
        }
    </style>

The result of the above code will be that the cursor will be hidden when we hover over the webpage.

<style type="text/css">
         #heading1{
            cursor: none;
        }

        #para1 {
            cursor: none;
        }
    </style>

The result of the above code will be that the cursor will be hidden when we hover over the particular element or the tag.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Hide the cursor using JavaScript</title>
    <style type="text/css">
         #heading1{
            cursor: none;
        }

        #para1 {
            cursor: none;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <h1 id = "heading1">Welcome Everbody</h1>
    <h2>My name is aditya kumar pradhan</h2>
    <p id = "para1">Welcome everybody to my webpage</p>
</body>
</html>

Output -> Final Output

Why there is a need to hide the cursor in the webpage

Different methods to hide the cursor in web pages

By using JavaScript in an HTML file

Final Output

By using CSS in HTML file

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