Changing the mouse cursor in Elementor makes your website more attractive and improves the user experience. Apart from this, the cursor and mouse pointer can provide the user with the necessary instructions for optimal use of different sections. For example, it can show visitors how much of the page they have to scroll, drag the image left and right to display the slider, and … The Elementor add-ons that we introduce to you in the tutorial add beautiful effects to your mouse pointer without coding.

The best mouse pointer change plugins in Elementor
Mouse Cursor Icon Change widget from The plus plugin
Body Mouse Cursor widget from The plus plugin
Mouse Cursor widget from Premium Addons plugin
Custom Cursor widget from Power Pack plugin
Mouse Cursor widget from ElementsKit plugin
Cursor Tracker widget from Dynamic Content plugin

Changing the mouse pointer with The plus plugin
The Plus plugin has two widgets for changing the mouse pointer, both of which we will introduce and compare in this section.

Mouse Cursor Icon Change Widget: Using this widget, you can change the mouse cursor icon, the style you choose for your cursor can be an image or even a text. Choosing a cursor in this way has a great impact on guiding users and creating a good user experience for visitors.

Strengths

Change the mouse cursor with png and gif images
Select an image or text for the mouse cursor follower
Tested in different browsers and devices
Body Mouse Cursor Widget: With the help of this widget, the user can understand how much of your web page, section or container they have scrolled and how much space is left by looking at the mouse cursor.

Strengths

Ability to activate on a section, column, page or entire website
Various styles for the mouse cursor
Set the mouse cursor in normal mode and hover mode
Ability to set the cursor follower
Tested and compatible with different browsers

Change the mouse cursor with the Elementary Premium Addons plugin
Using the Global Mouse Cursor widget features of this plugin, set Font Awesome icons, SVG files or any font icon of your choice as the mouse cursor. In addition, having the ability to customize and adjust your icons using the pulse animation effect and other options will make your mouse cursor even more attractive.

Strengths

Ability to set different cursors for different parts of a page
Set different animations for the cursor (pulse mode, left and right movement, etc.)
Set lottie animations as cursors
Ability to add an image or text sequence to the mouse

Change the mouse cursor with the Power Pack plugin
The Custom Cursor widget from the Power Pack plugin also helps you change the default mouse cursor to a desired image on pages built with Elementor.

The custom cursor feature allows you to display a customized mouse cursor without adding any other extensions. You can customize the cursor only on the website and with the help of Elementor and Elementor plugins.

Strengths

Select text, icon, and image for the cursor

Three interactive mouse cursor styles (image, text cursor trail, and image)

Change the cursor on hover of different sections and containers

Change the mouse cursor with the ElementsKit plugin
With the help of the Mouse Cursor widget from the ElementsKit plugin, you can also change the mouse cursor to a desired image or consider an image or text trail for it. Different and varied cursor shapes make the website more attractive and interactive for visitors.

Strengths

The ability to specify a separate mouse cursor and guide trail for different containers
The ability to change the typography, color, border type, border radius, and cursor spacing after activating the mouse cursor module for the desired section or container

Change the mouse cursor with the Dynamic Content plugin
The Cursor Tracker widget can be used by installing the Dynamic Content plugin. This feature allows you to display a graphic element that follows the mouse cursor on the Elementor page, thereby specifying the scroll level for the user. In fact, with this widget, you can only consider the guide trail for the mouse cursor.

As attractive and useful as this feature is for the desktop mode of your Elementor website; it can be equally useless on mobile! However, with the settings of this widget, you can control the display of the cursor trail on different devices.

Strengths

Ability to make responsive settings
Ability to adjust Scroll Progress or the amount of scrolling progress on the page
Ability to add the cursor trail in mouse hover mode to the desired elements (to do this, just assign the .cursor-target class to the desired element)
Weaknesses

Inability to change the cursor itself