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diff --git a/data/sprites/cursor/highlight.svg b/data/sprites/cursor/highlight.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd01dbe2d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/sprites/cursor/highlight.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
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+   height="32"
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+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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+     inkscape:showpageshadow="0"
+     inkscape:deskcolor="#505050">
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+       originy="-28"
+       spacingx="0.25"
+       spacingy="0.25"
+       empspacing="4"
+       empcolor="#0099e5"
+       empopacity="0.2"
+       color="#0099e5"
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+       type="xygrid"
+       id="grid1107"
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+       spacingy="28"
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+       originy="-88" />
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+  <defs
+     id="defs2" />
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+     sodipodi:nodetypes="ccccccccccccccccccc"
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diff --git a/doc/sources/graphics-misc.txt b/doc/sources/graphics-misc.txt
index 5dd2868081..db7a351836 100644
--- a/doc/sources/graphics-misc.txt
+++ b/doc/sources/graphics-misc.txt
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ attack.png              Jordan Irwin (AntumDeluge); CC0; Stendhal
 bag.*                   zoli111, Jordan Irwin (AntumDeluge); GPL 3.0; Stendhal, https://gitlab.com/zoli111/simp1e/
 emptybag.png            zoli111, Jordan Irwin (AntumDeluge); GPL 3.0; Stendhal, https://gitlab.com/zoli111/simp1e/
 harvest.png             Jordan Irwin (AntumDeluge); CC0; Stendhal
+highlight.*             zoli111; GPL 3.0; https://gitlab.com/zoli111/simp1e/
 itemequip.*             zoli111; GPL 3.0; https://gitlab.com/zoli111/simp1e/
 itempickupfromslot.png  zoli111; GPL 3.0; https://gitlab.com/zoli111/simp1e/ (copy of itemequip.png)
 itemuse.png             zoli111, Hendrik Brummermann, Katie Russell (kymara); GPL 3.0; Stendhal, https://gitlab.com/zoli111/simp1e/
diff --git a/srcjs/stendhal/ui/quickmenu/ButtonBase.ts b/srcjs/stendhal/ui/quickmenu/ButtonBase.ts
index 05dffcb0e7..3ef4009c60 100644
--- a/srcjs/stendhal/ui/quickmenu/ButtonBase.ts
+++ b/srcjs/stendhal/ui/quickmenu/ButtonBase.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export abstract class ButtonBase {
 	protected constructor(id: string) {
 		this.element = document.getElementById("qm-" + id)! as HTMLImageElement;
 		this.element.src = Paths.gui + "/quickmenu/" + id + ".png";
+		this.element.style["cursor"] = "url(" + Paths.sprites + "/cursor/highlight.png) 1 3, auto";
 		// listen for click events
 		this.element.addEventListener("click", (evt: Event) => {
 			this.onClick(evt);
diff --git a/srcjs/stendhal/ui/quickmenu/QMButton.ts b/srcjs/stendhal/ui/quickmenu/QMButton.ts
index 639b9c0736..579c74d49d 100644
--- a/srcjs/stendhal/ui/quickmenu/QMButton.ts
+++ b/srcjs/stendhal/ui/quickmenu/QMButton.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export class QMButton {
 		// ensure visible at startup
 		btn_main.style["display"] = "block";
 		btn_main.src = Paths.gui + "/quickmenu/main.png";
+		btn_main.style["cursor"] = "url(" + Paths.sprites + "/cursor/highlight.png) 1 3, auto";
 
 		// sub-buttons
 		QMButton.buttonList.push(new MenuButton());