cursors(n) Tk Built-In Commands cursors(n)
NAME
cursors - mouse cursors available in Tk
DESCRIPTION
The -cursor widget option allows a Tk programmer to change the mouse
cursor for a particular widget. The cursor names recognized by Tk on
all platforms are: X_cursor arrow based_arrow_down based_arrow_up boat
bogosity bottom_left_corner bottom_right_corner bottom_side bottom_tee
box_spiral center_ptr circle clock coffee_mug cross cross_reverse
crosshair diamond_cross dot dotbox double_arrow draft_large draft_small
draped_box exchange fleur gobbler gumby hand1 hand2 heart icon
iron_cross left_ptr left_side left_tee leftbutton ll_angle lr_angle man
middlebutton mouse none pencil pirate plus question_arrow right_ptr
right_side right_tee rightbutton rtl_logo sailboat sb_down_arrow
sb_h_double_arrow sb_left_arrow sb_right_arrow sb_up_arrow sb_v_dou-
ble_arrow shuttle sizing spider spraycan star target tcross
top_left_arrow top_left_corner top_right_corner top_side top_tee trek
ul_angle umbrella ur_angle watch xterm
The none cursor can be specified to eliminate the cursor.
PORTABILITY ISSUES
Windows
On Windows systems, the following cursors are mapped to native
cursors:
arrow center_ptr crosshair fleur ibeam icon none sb_h_dou-
ble_arrow sb_v_double_arrow watch xterm And the following addi-
tional cursors are available: no starting size size_ne_sw
size_ns size_nw_se size_we uparrow wait
Mac OS X
On Mac OS X systems, the following cursors are mapped to native
cursors:
arrow cross crosshair ibeam none plus watch xterm And the fol-
lowing additional native cursors are available: copyarrow
aliasarrow contextualmenuarrow text cross-hair closedhand open-
hand pointinghand resizeleft resizeright resizeleftright
resizeup resizedown resizeupdown notallowed poof countinguphand
countingdownhand countingupanddownhand spinning
KEYWORDS
cursor, option
Tk 8.3 cursors(n)
cursors 8.5.4 - Generated Sat Aug 23 08:07:49 CDT 2008