diff --git a/_examples/richtext/main.go b/_examples/richtext/main.go
index 8c7236c..b5cea95 100644
--- a/_examples/richtext/main.go
+++ b/_examples/richtext/main.go
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ func updatefn(w *nucular.Window) {
 		switch selected {
 		case 0:
 			c.Align(richtext.Align(align))
-			c.SetStyle(richtext.TextStyle{Face: header})
+			c.SetStyle(richtext.TextStyle{Face: header, Cursor: font.TextCursor})
 			c.Text("Vispa Teresa\n")
-			c.SetStyle(richtext.TextStyle{Face: proportional})
+			c.SetStyle(richtext.TextStyle{Face: proportional, Cursor: font.TextCursor})
 			c.Text("\n")
 			c.Text("La vispa Teresa\navea tra l'erbetta\na volo sorpresa\ngentil farfalletta\n\n")
 			c.Text("E tutta giuliva\nstringendola viva\ngridava a distesa\nl'ho presa! l'ho presa!\n\n")
diff --git a/command/command.go b/command/command.go
index 727ea5b..b025085 100644
--- a/command/command.go
+++ b/command/command.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type Command struct {
 	CircleFilled   CircleFilled
 	Image          Image
 	Text           Text
+	Cursor         font.Cursor
 }
 
 type CommandKind uint8
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ const (
 	CircleFilledCmd
 	ImageCmd
 	TextCmd
+	CursorCmd
 )
 
 type Line struct {
@@ -179,3 +181,15 @@ func (b *Buffer) DrawImage(r rect.Rect, img *image.RGBA) {
 	cmd.Image.Img = img
 	b.Commands = append(b.Commands, cmd)
 }
+
+func (b *Buffer) Cursor(r rect.Rect, cursor font.Cursor) {
+	if !r.Intersect(&b.Clip) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var cmd Command
+	cmd.Kind = CursorCmd
+	cmd.Rect = r
+	cmd.Cursor = cursor
+	b.Commands = append(b.Commands, cmd)
+}
diff --git a/font/cursor.go b/font/cursor.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3db3859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/font/cursor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package font
+
+type Cursor uint8
+
+const (
+	DefaultCursor Cursor = iota
+	NoCursor
+	TextCursor
+	PointerCursor
+	ProgressCursor
+)
diff --git a/gio.go b/gio.go
index 2310b23..e228872 100644
--- a/gio.go
+++ b/gio.go
@@ -581,6 +581,12 @@ func (ctx *context) Draw(ops *op.Ops, size image.Point, perf bool, perfString st
 			drawText(ops, charAtlas, icmd.Text.Face, icmd.Text.Foreground, icmd.Rect, icmd.Text.String)
 			stack.Pop()
 
+		case command.CursorCmd:
+			stack := gioclip.Rect(icmd.Rect.Rectangle()).Push(ops)
+			c := font2pointerCursor[icmd.Cursor]
+			c.Add(ops)
+			stack.Pop()
+
 		default:
 			panic(UnknownCommandErr)
 		}
@@ -589,6 +595,14 @@ func (ctx *context) Draw(ops *op.Ops, size image.Point, perf bool, perfString st
 	return len(ctx.cmds)
 }
 
+var font2pointerCursor = map[font.Cursor]pointer.Cursor{
+	font.DefaultCursor:  pointer.CursorDefault,
+	font.NoCursor:       pointer.CursorNone,
+	font.TextCursor:     pointer.CursorText,
+	font.PointerCursor:  pointer.CursorPointer,
+	font.ProgressCursor: pointer.CursorProgress,
+}
+
 func drawText(ops *op.Ops, charAtlas map[charAtlasKey]map[rune]renderedGlyph, fontFace font.Face, foreground color.RGBA, rect rect.Rect, str string) {
 	m := charAtlas[charAtlasKey{fontFace, foreground}]
 	if m == nil {
diff --git a/masterwindow.go b/masterwindow.go
index 9a36e45..1a2bb7a 100644
--- a/masterwindow.go
+++ b/masterwindow.go
@@ -192,12 +192,7 @@ func (w *masterWindowCommon) drawChanged() bool {
 		pcmd := &w.prevCmds[i]
 
 		switch cmds[i].Kind {
-		case command.ScissorCmd:
-			if *pcmd != *cmd {
-				return true
-			}
-
-		case command.LineCmd:
+		case command.ScissorCmd, command.LineCmd, command.TriangleFilledCmd, command.CircleFilledCmd, command.ImageCmd, command.TextCmd, command.CursorCmd:
 			if *pcmd != *cmd {
 				return true
 			}
@@ -210,26 +205,6 @@ func (w *masterWindowCommon) drawChanged() bool {
 				return true
 			}
 
-		case command.TriangleFilledCmd:
-			if *pcmd != *cmd {
-				return true
-			}
-
-		case command.CircleFilledCmd:
-			if *pcmd != *cmd {
-				return true
-			}
-
-		case command.ImageCmd:
-			if *pcmd != *cmd {
-				return true
-			}
-
-		case command.TextCmd:
-			if *pcmd != *cmd {
-				return true
-			}
-
 		default:
 			panic(UnknownCommandErr)
 		}
diff --git a/richtext/draw.go b/richtext/draw.go
index 57e0d55..d42f8e0 100644
--- a/richtext/draw.go
+++ b/richtext/draw.go
@@ -201,22 +201,22 @@ func (rtxt *RichText) drawRows(w *nucular.Window, viewporth int) *Ctor {
 					s := rtxt.Sel.S - line.off[i]
 					chunk1 := chunk.sub(0, s)
 					w1 := line.chunkWidthEx(i, 0, chunk1, rtxt.adv)
-					drawChunk(w, out, &p, chunk1, siter.styleSel, w1, line.h, line.asc)
+					drawChunk(w, out, &p, chunk1, siter.styleSel, w1, line.h, line.asc, rowSpacing)
 
 					if chunkrng.contains(rtxt.Sel.E) {
 						e := rtxt.Sel.E - line.off[i]
 						chunk2 := chunk.sub(s, e)
 						w2 := line.chunkWidthEx(i, s, chunk2, rtxt.adv)
-						rtxt.drawSelectedChunk(w, out, &p, chunk2, siter.styleSel, w2, line.h, line.asc)
+						rtxt.drawSelectedChunk(w, out, &p, chunk2, siter.styleSel, w2, line.h, line.asc, rowSpacing)
 
 						chunk3 := chunk.sub(e, chunk.len())
 						w3 := line.chunkWidthEx(i, e, chunk3, rtxt.adv)
-						drawChunk(w, out, &p, chunk3, siter.styleSel, w3, line.h, line.asc)
+						drawChunk(w, out, &p, chunk3, siter.styleSel, w3, line.h, line.asc, rowSpacing)
 						insel = selAfter
 					} else {
 						chunk2 := chunk.sub(s, chunk.len())
 						w2 := line.chunkWidthEx(i, s, chunk2, rtxt.adv)
-						rtxt.drawSelectedChunk(w, out, &p, chunk2, siter.styleSel, w2, line.h, line.asc)
+						rtxt.drawSelectedChunk(w, out, &p, chunk2, siter.styleSel, w2, line.h, line.asc, rowSpacing)
 						insel = selInside
 					}
 				} else {
@@ -228,17 +228,17 @@ func (rtxt *RichText) drawRows(w *nucular.Window, viewporth int) *Ctor {
 					e := rtxt.Sel.E - line.off[i]
 					chunk1 := chunk.sub(0, e)
 					w1 := line.chunkWidthEx(i, 0, chunk1, rtxt.adv)
-					rtxt.drawSelectedChunk(w, out, &p, chunk1, siter.styleSel, w1, line.h, line.asc)
+					rtxt.drawSelectedChunk(w, out, &p, chunk1, siter.styleSel, w1, line.h, line.asc, rowSpacing)
 
 					chunk2 := chunk.sub(e, chunk.len())
 					w2 := line.chunkWidthEx(i, e, chunk2, rtxt.adv)
-					drawChunk(w, out, &p, chunk2, siter.styleSel, w2, line.h, line.asc)
+					drawChunk(w, out, &p, chunk2, siter.styleSel, w2, line.h, line.asc, rowSpacing)
 					insel = selAfter
 				} else if chunkrng.S >= rtxt.Sel.E {
 					insel = selAfter
 					simpleDrawChunk = true
 				} else {
-					rtxt.drawSelectedChunk(w, out, &p, chunk, siter.styleSel, line.w[i], line.h, line.asc)
+					rtxt.drawSelectedChunk(w, out, &p, chunk, siter.styleSel, line.w[i], line.h, line.asc, rowSpacing)
 				}
 
 			case selAfter:
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ func (rtxt *RichText) drawRows(w *nucular.Window, viewporth int) *Ctor {
 			}
 
 			if simpleDrawChunk {
-				drawChunk(w, out, &p, chunk, siter.styleSel, line.w[i], line.h, line.asc)
+				drawChunk(w, out, &p, chunk, siter.styleSel, line.w[i], line.h, line.asc, rowSpacing)
 				if insel == selTick && (rtxt.flags&ShowTick != 0) && (rtxt.wasFocused || (rtxt.flags&Keyboard == 0 && rtxt.flags&Editable == 0)) && chunkrng.contains(rtxt.Sel.S) {
 					x := p.X - line.w[i] + line.chunkWidth(i, rtxt.Sel.S-line.off[i], rtxt.adv)
 					rtxt.drawTick(w, out, image.Point{x, p.Y}, line.h, siter.styleSel.Color, lineidx)
@@ -323,13 +323,13 @@ func (rtxt *RichText) drawTick(w *nucular.Window, out *command.Buffer, p image.P
 	out.StrokeLine(image.Point{p.X, p.Y}, image.Point{p.X, p.Y + lineh}, linethick, color)
 }
 
-func (rtxt *RichText) drawSelectedChunk(w *nucular.Window, out *command.Buffer, p *image.Point, chunk chunk, styleSel styleSel, width, lineh, lineasc int) {
+func (rtxt *RichText) drawSelectedChunk(w *nucular.Window, out *command.Buffer, p *image.Point, chunk chunk, styleSel styleSel, width, lineh, lineasc int, rowSpacing int) {
 	styleSel.BgColor = rtxt.selColor
 	styleSel.Color = styleSel.SelFgColor
-	drawChunk(w, out, p, chunk, styleSel, width, lineh, lineasc)
+	drawChunk(w, out, p, chunk, styleSel, width, lineh, lineasc, rowSpacing)
 }
 
-func drawChunk(w *nucular.Window, out *command.Buffer, p *image.Point, chunk chunk, styleSel styleSel, width, lineh, lineasc int) {
+func drawChunk(w *nucular.Window, out *command.Buffer, p *image.Point, chunk chunk, styleSel styleSel, width, lineh, lineasc int, rowSpacing int) {
 	if chunk.isspacing() {
 		if debugDrawBoundingBoxes && width > 0 {
 			yoff := alignBaseline(lineh, lineasc, styleSel.Face)
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ func drawChunk(w *nucular.Window, out *command.Buffer, p *image.Point, chunk chu
 			r := rect.Rect{X: p.X, Y: p.Y, H: lineh, W: width}
 			out.FillRect(r, 0, styleSel.BgColor)
 		}
+		if styleSel.Cursor != 0 {
+			b2 := rect.Rect{X: p.X, Y: p.Y, H: lineh + rowSpacing, W: width}
+			out.Cursor(b2, styleSel.Cursor)
+		}
 	} else {
 		r := rect.Rect{X: p.X, Y: p.Y, H: lineh, W: width}
 
@@ -374,6 +378,17 @@ func drawChunk(w *nucular.Window, out *command.Buffer, p *image.Point, chunk chu
 			y := p.Y + lineasc + m.Descent.Ceil() - m.Ascent.Ceil()/2
 			out.StrokeLine(image.Point{p.X, y}, image.Point{p.X + width, y}, linethick, styleSel.Color)
 		}
+
+		b2 := r
+		b2.H += rowSpacing
+
+		if styleSel.isLink && styleSel.Cursor == 0 {
+			out.Cursor(b2, font.PointerCursor)
+		}
+
+		if styleSel.Cursor != 0 {
+			out.Cursor(b2, styleSel.Cursor)
+		}
 	}
 
 	p.X += width
diff --git a/richtext/rtxt.go b/richtext/rtxt.go
index 949ed62..324debb 100644
--- a/richtext/rtxt.go
+++ b/richtext/rtxt.go
@@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ func (chunk chunk) str() string {
 }
 
 type TextStyle struct {
-	Face  font.Face
-	Flags FaceFlags
+	Face   font.Face
+	Cursor font.Cursor
+	Flags  FaceFlags
 
 	Color, SelFgColor, BgColor color.RGBA // foreground color, selected foreground color, background color
 
diff --git a/shiny.go b/shiny.go
index b0fbd94..10bba0e 100644
--- a/shiny.go
+++ b/shiny.go
@@ -642,6 +642,8 @@ func (ctx *context) Draw(wimg *image.RGBA) int {
 			if perfUpdate {
 				txttim += time.Since(t0)
 			}
+		case command.CursorCmd:
+			// not supported by shiny
 		default:
 			panic(UnknownCommandErr)
 		}
diff --git a/text.go b/text.go
index 994a79a..00c7f24 100644
--- a/text.go
+++ b/text.go
@@ -1409,6 +1409,7 @@ func (d *drawableTextEditor) Draw(z *nstyle.Style, out *command.Buffer) {
 	state := d.State
 	style := d.Style
 	bounds := d.Bounds
+	out.Cursor(d.Area, font.TextCursor)
 	font := z.Font
 	area := d.Area
 	row_height := d.RowHeight