Cursor

A Cursor in RuneScape, if turned on in the Graphics options menu, are by default a simple silver-coloured mouse pointer. However, when hovering certain options (such as eating food) in the game, a "bubble" appears over the cursor, inside which is an image that shows what action will be performed if the user were to click on that option.

Previous cursors
Due the Evolution of Combat combat or offensive spells will not show a cursor, instead you have to be in combat to use them. There are also a few other cursors that aren't in-game anymore.

* - this old cursor still used during pit-fall hunting and while jumping over broken plank bridge within Daemonheim.

Trivia

 * Previously, the Twirl emote was called Spin, and hovering a mouse over it caused the crafting cursor to appear, due to the similarity of name to Spinning wool in crafting. Because of this, Jagex renamed the emote Twirl.
 * When picking a noted item from ground, the cursor will show "Misc" icon. However, when picking an unnoted item from ground it shows its own icon. This might be a glitch.
 * In a hidden update on 2 November 2010, the Woodcutting, Mining, Smithing, Crafting, Beacon/Pot Boiler (Fire), and Churning (Cooking) cursors received graphical updates.
 * The new firemaking cursor is missing a pixel at its tip, making it seem more rounded than the other cursors.
 * The Wind Rush spell does not have a cursor, unlike other combat spells.
 * The cursor was changed when the new surface graphics were released (i.e., the more metallic borders on the minimap) to a metallic silver colour.