A follow text cursor puts a short label next to the pointer — View project, Drag, Read more — and moves it with the pointer.
It is the cheapest way to tell visitors what an image or a panel will do if they click it.
To check the complete feature overview documentation of The Plus Addons for Elementor Mouse Cursor widget, click here.
Requirement – This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro, make sure it’s installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.
Before You Start
- Edition: Pro — Mouse Cursor is only in The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro. With the Pro plugin switched off the widget is not in the editor at all, and a page that already uses it shows no cursor effect and no notice.
- Widget to enable: Mouse Cursor, switched on under The Plus Addons > Widgets.
- Where to drop it: anywhere inside the container whose cursor you want to change. The widget itself is invisible, so its position on the page does not matter — only which container it sits in.
- Check it on the published page: the widget draws nothing in the Elementor editor. The panel says so too: This widget works only at frontend.
- Desktop only: every cursor effect is switched off when the browser window is 991px wide or narrower, so nothing happens on phones and most tablets.
Add a Follow Text Cursor
- Drag the Mouse Cursor widget into the container you want the effect in.
- Set Cursor Area — Body for the whole page, Container for one band of it.
- In Type, click the Follow Text picture (third in the row).
- Type your label into Follow Text. It starts out as the words Follow Text.
- Publish the page and move the pointer inside the area.
Where the Label Sits
The label is centred on the pointer. At 600,400 with both offsets at 0, a 116×38 label measured its centre exactly on the pointer. Use Cursor Left Offset and Cursor Top Offset (both default 10px) to push it off the pointer if it gets in the way.
This is the opposite of Follow Image, which hangs from its top-left corner. If you swap between the two, expect to redo the offsets.
Styling the Label
Open the Style tab and the Follow Text section.
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Text Padding | Space inside the label, which is what turns it into a pill or a chip. | 10 / 15 / 10 / 15 px |
| Typography | Font, size, weight and spacing. | 16px, inherited font |
| Text Color | Label colour. | Black |
| Background | A solid or gradient behind the label. | None |
| Border / Border Radius | An outline, and rounded corners. | None |
| Text Box Shadow | A shadow behind the label. | None |
If Cursor Area is set to Widget you get a much shorter section instead — only Text Size and Text Color. Padding, background and border are not available in that mode.
A Different Label Over Links
Switch Mouse Cursor Click on and fill in Click Follow Text, which starts out as See More.
The label changes while the pointer is over a link and changes back when it moves off. It responds to hovering, not to a click, so word it as a prompt rather than a confirmation.
How It Behaves
- The label is hidden until the pointer first enters the area, then follows every move.
- It never blocks clicks — links and buttons underneath keep working.
- Long labels are not wrapped, so a whole sentence becomes a very wide strip. Keep it to one or two words.
- The effect is switched off entirely below 992px of window width.
Limitations
- The widget is Pro only. With the Pro plugin switched off there is no label and no notice.
- Nothing happens at 991px of window width or below.
- With Cursor Area set to Widget, only Text Size and Text Color are available — no padding, background or border.
- Mouse Cursor Click reacts to link hover, not to clicking.
- There is no fade or easing: the label is repositioned on every mouse move.
Troubleshooting
The label does not appear
Move the pointer into the area first. It stays hidden until the pointer enters, and the widget draws nothing at all in the editor.
The label sits on top of the pointer
That is where it starts. Raise Cursor Left Offset and Cursor Top Offset to move it clear.
It has no background even though I set one
Check Cursor Area. With Widget selected the short style section is used and background is not one of its options.
The label is far too wide
Shorten the text. It is drawn on one line and is not wrapped.
