--- title: April 2026 - Pointer Cursor | daily.dev description: shadcn/ui's April 2026 changelog introduces a new project setup option that enables cursor: pointer styling for buttons. The option, called --pointer, is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/april-2026---pointer-cursor-gbkoqkhjy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: April 2026 - Pointer Cursor | daily.dev og:description: shadcn/ui's April 2026 changelog introduces a new project setup option that enables cursor: pointer styling for buttons. The option, called --pointer, is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/april-2026---pointer-cursor-gbkoqkhjy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GBKoqKHjY.png og:image:alt: April 2026 - Pointer Cursor og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # April 2026 - Pointer Cursor **[The Foundation for your Design System - shadcn/ui](https://daily.dev/sources/shadcn-ui)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary shadcn/ui's April 2026 changelog introduces a new project setup option that enables cursor: pointer styling for buttons. The option, called --pointer, is applied during initialization similar to the existing --rtl flag and is not bundled into preset codes. Enabling it injects the corresponding CSS rule into the project's global stylesheet. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I make shadcn/ui buttons show a pointer cursor on hover? Enable the new --pointer option during project setup, which adds cursor: pointer CSS for buttons to the global CSS file. It is not included in preset codes and must be applied explicitly as a setup option, similar to how the --rtl flag works for right-to-left support. _Track shadcn/ui component styling changes like this on daily.dev before your next setup._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Chris’ Corner: Cursors](https://daily.dev/posts/chris-corner-cursors-cibqgrft7) · CodePen · 43 upvotes · 0 comments - [Meet the new Cursor · Cursor](https://daily.dev/posts/meet-the-new-cursor-cursor-xpopf2m2s) · Hacker News · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#tailwind-css](https://daily.dev/tags/tailwind-css), [#shadcn](https://daily.dev/tags/shadcn) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/april-2026---pointer-cursor-gbkoqkhjy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"April 2026 - Pointer Cursor","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/april-2026---pointer-cursor-gbkoqkhjy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/april-2026---pointer-cursor-gbkoqkhjy"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:17:36.338Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:25:29.030Z","description":"shadcn/ui's April 2026 changelog introduces a new project setup option that enables cursor: pointer styling for buttons. 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