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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_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
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_double_arrow sb_v_double_arrow watch xterm
no starting size size_ne_sw size_ns size_nw_se size_we uparrow wait
- macOS
- On macOS, the following cursors are mapped to native cursors:
arrow top_left_arrow left_ptr cross crosshair tcross ibeam none xterm
copyarrow aliasarrow contextualmenuarrow movearrow text cross-hair hand openhand closedhand fist pointinghand resize resizeleft resizeright resizeleftright resizeup resizedown resizeupdown resizebottomleft resizetopleft resizebottomright resizetopright notallowed poof wait countinguphand countingdownhand countingupanddownhand spinning help bucket cancel eyedrop eyedrop-full zoom-in zoom-out
KEYWORDS¶
cursor, option
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