'\" '\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000 by Scriptics Corporation. '\" All rights reserved. '\" '\" Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Daniel A. Steffen '\" '\" RCS: @(#) $Id: cursors.n,v 1.5.2.1 2007/11/01 16:37:14 dgp 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 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_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 .PP The \fBnone\fR cursor can be specified to eliminate the cursor. .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 none 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 .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 none 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 notallowed poof countinguphand countingdownhand countingupanddownhand spinning .CE .RE .SH KEYWORDS cursor, option