jquery - Mouse cursor not changing if a pointer is not moved in Webkit-based browsers

Question

Let's assume that we have simple jQuery code like the following:

var $document = $(document);
$document.ready(function() {
    var $test = $("#test");
    $document.keydown(function(e) {
        e.shiftKey && $test.css("cursor", "pointer");
    });
});

The problem is that WebKit does not change the #test block mouse cursor if the mouse pointer is moved over the #test block, and the Shift key is pressed then. But as soon as you move the cursor, Chrome and Safari change the cursor style to pointer - exactly as it's expected but without mouse move. This bug (?) is not relevant to Firefox, and I didn't check it under Internet Explorer and Opera...

So, did anyone have experience with the same trouble? Perhaps, is there a workaround for that?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This is a well known bug in then webkit engine, and there is no real workaround for it.