Buttons in admin area needs a cursor definition

[ionfish]

.button et al. need a cursor property; the cursor shows as an arrow when you mouseover, rather than a pointer. Issue appears in Safari 3 and Firefox 2 (both on a Mac).

Slight clarification of issue summary.

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If we're not going to have the buttons look "buttony", a pointer cursor makes the interaction seem way more natural.

With :hover color shift as the only visual feedback, I have no idea what's going to happen if I click the mouse. It makes me think some kind of javascript nonsense is about to happen :)

I agree. Let's patch it up.

(In [7040]) Add cursor pointer to buttons. Props ionfish. fixes #5943

Matt reverted this with [7184]. I disagree.

I agree with mdawaffe's disagreement.

Agree with mdawaffe -- there are places where buttons are inputs, and places where buttons are text links. If we don't specify the pointer cursor for all, they won't be consistent, and for no apparent reason to the user.

Happy Cog says the pointer cursor is the way to go. Can rboren just re-apply this patch?

Bit confused as to why this was reverted at all, but can it be reinstated please? Buttons lacking a proper cursor is a usability nightmare.

Create a fresh patch and I'll get it in.

Re-apply pointer cursor for buttons.

(In [7215]) Add cursor pointer to buttons. Props ionfish and mt. fixes #5943