# JAVA Script Q - Making a little image follow the cursor...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/java-script-q-making-a-little-image-follow-the-cursor/127941>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 11, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/java-script-q-making-a-little-image-follow-the-cursor/127941 "2002-09-11T07:52:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![albatross37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@albatross37](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/albatross37)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/java-script-q-making-a-little-image-follow-the-cursor/127941/1 "2002-09-11T07:52:43Z")

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I’ve gone to web pages before where there’s a little sparkle that follows around the cursor, like you are waving a wand…I’ve also seen ones where a little cat or something chases the cursor as you navigate through the web page…HOW do you do that? I would love to know…

Thanks  
mike

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/java-script-q-making-a-little-image-follow-the-cursor/127941/2 "2002-09-11T07:58:05Z")

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There’s a whole category devoted to mouse trail effects at [Dynamic Drive](http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex13/index.html) (DHTML cut-and-paste scripts).