I have this page that does some funky database stuff that takes a couple seconds to process, and in the meantime I\'d like to set a \"wait\" cursor so the user
\"wait\"
For your first problem, try using cursor: wait !important;.
cursor: wait !important;
For your second problem, the default cursor for elements is cursor: auto;, not cursor: default; or cursor: inherit;.
cursor: auto;
cursor: default;
cursor: inherit;