What Is The Correct Name?

[lynbrown]

What is the name for the white arrow/white hand that we use to point and open up articles on the iPad?

[hc4361]

Cursor

[dunnitall]

Defo a cursor, tho' someone I know calls it a thingy lol.

[Tilly2]

The cursor is the mark, which looks like a capital 'I' that appears when you use the arrow. The arrow is just an arrow.

[Tilly2]

...or a pointer.

[dunnitall]

You're right Tilly cos the cursor flashes doesn't it?

[Tilly2]

It does, Dunnital.

[hc4361]

The cursor on your screen can indicate two things: 1) where your mouse pointer is, or 2) where the next character typed will be entered in a line of text.

The mouse cursor is most often an arrow that you can use to point to different objects on your screen.

https://techterms.com/definition/cursor

[Tuvok]

https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/I_beam_pointer.html

[lynbrown]

thanks for all the helpful replies.