MouseCursor (Property)

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MouseCursor (Property)

In french: CurseurSouris

The MouseCursor property gets and sets the cursor displayed when pointing over a control, window or page.

Reminder: You can define the cursor used in the "UI" tab of the element description window.

Example

// Modify the cursor of the BTN_Validate button
BTN_Validate.MouseCursor = curHelp

Syntax

Getting the hover cursor used for a window or window control Hide the details

<Cursor name> = <Element used>.MouseCursor

<Cursor name>: Character string or integer constant

Name of the cursor used for the specified control or window. Can correspond to:
A specific cursor name (file with a .CUR or .ANI extension):
name of the cursor if the file is located in the current directory,
name and full path of the cursor if the file is located in a directory other than the current directory.
".CUR" or ".ANI" custom mouse cursors are not supported in Java.
A preset cursor identified by one of the following constants:
curArrow Standard arrow
curCross Standard cross
curForbidden Sign not allowed
curHand Hand
curHelp Help on an object
curIbeam Input cursor
curSize Cross arrow cursor
curSizeNESW North East/South West arrow
curSizeNS North/South arrow
curSizeNWSE North West/South East arrow
curSizeWE East/West arrow
curSystemHand System hand
Same cursor as curHand.
curUpArrow Up arrow
curWait Hourglass

<Element used>: Control name or window name

Name of the control or window for which the associated cursor is to be found.

Changing the hover cursor defined for a window control or window Hide the details

<Element used>.MouseCursor = <Cursor name>

<Element used>: Control name or window name

Name of the control or window for which you want to change the cursor

<Cursor name>: Character string or integer constant

Name of the cursor to be used. Can correspond to:
A specific cursor name (file with a .CUR or .ANI extension):
name of the cursor if the file is located in the current directory,
name and full path of the cursor if the file is located in a directory other than the current directory.
".CUR" or ".ANI" custom mouse cursors are not supported in Java.
A preset cursor identified by one of the following constants:
curArrow Standard arrow
curCross Standard cross
curForbidden Sign not allowed
curHand Hand
curHelp Help on an object
curIbeam Input cursor
curSize Cross arrow cursor
curSizeNESW North East/South West arrow
curSizeNS North/South arrow
curSizeNWSE North West/South East arrow
curSizeWE East/West arrow
curSystemHand System hand
Same cursor as curHand.
curUpArrow Up arrow
curWait Hourglass

Remarks

Preset cursors

Preset cursors are Windows cursors that can be changed via the control panel (or desktop themes). The icons have a default value, so they may vary according to the user preferences.

Limitations

The MouseCursor property applies only to:

Window controls.
Windows.
Control templates.

This property cannot be used with:

Menus,
Rows in a Table or TreeView Table control,
Columns in a Table or TreeView Table control.
Map controls.

The MouseCursor property can only be used with the following elements:

Button control.
Static control.
Edit control.
Image control.
Check Box control.
Radio Button control.
List Box control.
Combo Box control.
TreeView control.
Tab control.
Table control.
Columns of a Table control.