[Feature]: Change cursor when hovering over input_slider()

[Mkranj]

Category

UI Components

Scope

Quality of Life

Problem

Basically, when I have an input slider and hover over the slider line, my cursor changes to this:

This is unintuitive, if anything, the arrows should point left-right like the slider itself moves. So changing the cursor icon or keeping the default cursor would be appreciated.

NOTE:
This is also true for R Shiny, even though the slider itself looks different!

Solution

Changing the cursor icon to sideways double arrow, or not having any on-hover cursor changes for the slider.

Alternatives (Optional)

No response

Example (Optional)

Impact (Optional)

It would be more intuitive for users of Shiny apps. The current behavior looks like you can resize the slider, instead of being able to click on a specific spot.

Contribution? (Optional)

None

[gadenbuie]

What operating system and browser are you using? It isn't supposed to be a double arrow, it should be only a downward-facing arrow. When the slider is a range it should be a horizontal double arrow. Here's how it looks on Mac (in Chrome):

Kapture.2025-09-15.at.09.24.08.mp4

This isn't the first time this has been brought up, so I may change the cursor icon back to the pointing finger, but it'd still be helpful to know about your system settings.

[Mkranj]

Windows 11, Chrome 139.

When the slider is on a single point, maybe keeping it as cursor:grab would be simplest? The inside of a range slider in your video looks good.