Unity UI Replacing mouse with a Game Pad Cursor

Hello everyone, I am attempting to add controller support to my existing game, but after much searching I am not seeing an effective way to replace the mouse with an image of a mouse controlled via the game pad(xbox controller). I cannot change the mouse position directly or simulate a mouse click on UI buttons using the game pad. I can however control a Raw Image of a Cursor using the game pads joystick to pretend it is controlling a mouse which I can then use to screen raycast things in the gameworld with, but I cannot interact with UI elements using this method. Can anyone help?

 

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