'\" '\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000 by Scriptics Corporation. '\" All rights reserved. '\" '\" Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Daniel A. Steffen '\" '\" RCS: @(#) $Id: cursors.n,v 1.3.2.1 2007/04/29 02:25:54 das Exp $ '\" '\" .so man.macros .TH cursors n 8.3 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands" .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .SH NAME cursors \- mouse cursors available in Tk .BE .SH DESCRIPTION .PP The \fB-cursor\fR 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: .CS 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 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_double_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 .CE .SH "PORTABILITY ISSUES" .TP \fBWindows\fR On Windows systems, the following cursors are mapped to native cursors: .RS .CS arrow center_ptr crosshair fleur ibeam icon sb_h_double_arrow sb_v_double_arrow watch xterm .CE And the following additional cursors are available: .CS no starting size size_ne_sw size_ns size_nw_se size_we uparrow wait .CE The \fBno\fR cursor can be specified to eliminate the cursor. .RE .TP \fBMac OS X\fR On Mac OS X systems, the following cursors are mapped to native cursors: .RS .CS arrow cross crosshair ibeam plus watch xterm .CE And the following additional native cursors are available: .CS copyarrow aliasarrow contextualmenuarrow text cross-hair closedhand openhand pointinghand resizeleft resizeright resizeleftright resizeup resizedown resizeupdown none notallowed poof countinguphand countingdownhand countingupanddownhand spinning .CE .RE .SH KEYWORDS cursor, option