Getting the browser cursor from “wait” to “auto” without the user moving the mouse

Question

I use this jQuery code to set the mouse pointer to its busy state (hourglass) during an Ajax call...

$(\'body\').css(\'cursor\', \'wait\');

Answer 1

Korayem's solution works for me in 100% cases in modern Chrome, Safari, in 95% cases in Firefox, but does not work in Opera and IE.

I improved it a bit:

$('html').bind('ajaxStart', function() {
    $(this).removeClass('notbusy').addClass('busy');
}).bind('ajaxStop', function() {
    $(this).removeClass('busy').addClass('notbusy');
});

CSS:

html.busy, html.busy * {
    cursor: wait !important;
}

html.notbusy, html.notbusy * {
    cursor: default !important;
}

Now it works in 100% cases in Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Opera. I do not know what to do with IE :(