# Photoshop Hijacks Your Cursor

**Published by:** [Colin Armstrong](https://writing.cma.xyz/)
**Published on:** 2021-11-26
**URL:** https://writing.cma.xyz/photoshop-hijacks-your-cursor

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I came across an interesting webdev bug today. For some reason, on my site, my cursor was not working correctly. When hovering over links or buttons or elements that set `cursor: pointer`, my cursor did not turn into a pointer hand; instead, it stayed as a regular ol’ cursor. This was odd. I didn’t change any styling that could affect this. I took to Google, and the first link gave me the right answer: ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/0712ba4d3f727f87811f576071ed1d5c) I saw that I was indeed running Photoshop at the time. I closed it, and my cursor began acting normally. How strange! If anyone can shed light as to why Photshop and other programs do this, please let me know!o

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