A Cursor Project acts as a unified, high-capacity workspace container holding up to 60 individual cursor items. This enables you to paint, organize, and export a complete matching desktop cursor theme or web package side-by-side in a single local session.

Cursor Project Configurations

At the top of the left sidebar workspace is your project control panel:

• Cursor Name: Input a custom name for the active cursor item. This name represents the item inside your card deck and is used automatically as the default filename when exporting individual files.
• Workspace Autosaving: The editor automatically saves all pixel arrays, timeline frames, and timing layers to your secure local draft database when switching between different cursors in your project.

Panel visibility tip: The left sidebar automatically collapses when you start drawing on the canvas, giving you the full screen to work with. To bring it back, click the hamburger icon (menu) in the top-left corner of the editor at any time.

Workspace Card Deck & Actions

Import files / ZIP / 7z opens a local review before adding cursor files or a complete pack. One selected cursor can use a new cursor or the current one; multiple selections always become separate cursors. You may reuse the first untouched blank starter when the dialog offers that option. Renamed, layered, animated, multi-size or otherwise edited blanks are not silently replaced.

Roles from a pack's INF are applied automatically when it describes one scheme; packs with several INF files or several schemes (Dark/Light, Left/Right) ask you to choose one in the review. Roles you set by hand are never overwritten. One file serving several roles becomes separate editable cursor copies. Importing does not publish anything or preselect rights/license confirmations. The 60-cursor import selection limit is separate from submission limits.

Opening one standalone .cur or .ani file offers New cursor and As a layer. New cursor imports its supported sizes without conversion questions and reuses the initial blank cursor only if it is still untouched. As a layer lets you choose one source size for placement on the current canvas. Images below 32 pixels in either dimension are discarded in this single-file workflow. Archive and multi-file imports keep their existing review choices. See Image to Cursor for the full import instructions.

The left sidebar contains your catalog of cursors. Use these actions in the workspace toolbar to build out your custom set:

System Cursor Roles & Mapping

When building a full cursor set, configuring the Cursor Role maps your custom designs to the operating system's specific cursor pointers:

Click Hotspot Calibration & Alignment

The Click Hotspot is the exact single pixel where the operating system registers click interactions. When you draw custom pointers, calibrating this hotspot is critical:

• Role Defaults: When you assign a system role, the editor automatically snaps the hotspot to its corresponding standard coordinate. For example, assigning Normal Select snaps it to (0,0), while assigning Busy snaps it to the absolute center of the active canvas size.
• Custom Alignment: If you draw a custom pointer shape (such as a custom angled hand or magic wand tip), you can override the hotspot position using the target icon in the right-side Hotspot panel. Click the precise pixel on the canvas where the click should register.
• Why It Matters: If you leave the hotspot at (0,0) (top-left tip) for a center-aligned crosshair or hand pointer, users will have to align the top-left of their screen with links rather than the center crosshair, making mouse operations feel heavy, laggy, and visually broken.

Exporting a Complete ZIP Theme Set

Once your cursor set is complete, you do not need to download each cursor individually. Open the Export Panel and choose Download full set (.zip):

• Format Determination: The packaging engine scans each cursor in your workspace. Cursors containing a single drawing frame are exported as standard static .cur files. Cursors with multiple animation frames are exported as animated .ani files.
• Automated Zip Compiling: The system compiles all files, organizes them with proper filenames matching their roles, and packages them into a single, clean .zip archive.
• install.inf Generator: The compiler automatically writes a standard Windows installation script (install.inf) matching your cursor name and roles, allowing users to install the entire theme in a single step.

Installing Theme Sets on Windows & Web

You can use your exported ZIP packages for system customization or website integration:

Windows Desktop Installation

1. Extract your downloaded ZIP archive to a permanent directory (such as C:\Windows\Cursors).
2. Right-click the extracted install.inf file and select Install. Click Yes on the security prompt.
3. Open Windows settings and search for Mouse Settings. Click Additional Mouse Options, go to the Pointers tab, select your new scheme from the dropdown list, and click Apply.

Web CSS Implementation

To deploy your cursor theme set on a website, upload the static .cur or .png files and load them dynamically using standard CSS styles:

/* Set the primary desktop arrow cursor */
body {
  cursor: url('/cursors/arrow.cur'), default;
}

/* Set the clickable hand cursor for links and actions */
a, button, .clickable-element {
  cursor: url('/cursors/hand.cur'), pointer;
}

/* Set the text cursor inside input fields */
input, textarea {
  cursor: url('/cursors/beam.cur'), text;
}