+ shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field

From	Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject	+ shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field
Date	2015-01-10 21:26 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<100120152126001125%michelle@michelle.org> (permalink)

Cross-posted to 3 groups.

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I noticed this in Yosemite, but don't recall seeing it in previous
versions.

If you press the option key when the mouse pointer is in the address
field (the one where you enter a URL or search item) in Safari, it
changes to a + shape.  Anyone know why it does this?

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+ shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-10 21:26 -0700
  Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 16:08 +1100
    Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-01-10 21:18 -0800
      Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 17:42 +1100
  Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 05:44 +0000
    Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-01-11 00:22 -0800
      Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 14:21 +0000
  Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-01-11 13:20 +0100
    Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 14:20 +0000
      Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-01-11 23:16 +0100

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