<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Tk Built-In Commands - cursors manual page</TITLE></HEAD><BODY> <H3><A NAME="M2">NAME</A></H3> cursors - mouse cursors available in Tk <H3><A NAME="M3">DESCRIPTION</A></H3> The <B>-cursor</B> 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: <PRE>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</PRE> <H3><A NAME="M4">PORTABILITY ISSUES</A></H3> <DL> <P><DT><A NAME="M5"><B>Windows</B></A><DD> On Windows systems, the following cursors are mapped to native cursors: <PRE>arrow center_ptr crosshair fleur ibeam icon sb_h_double_arrow sb_v_double_arrow watch xterm</PRE> And the following additional cursors are available: <PRE>no starting size size_ne_sw size_ns size_nw_se size_we uparrow wait</PRE> The <B>no</B> cursor can be specified to eliminate the cursor. <P><DT><A NAME="M6"><B>Macintosh</B></A><DD> On Macintosh systems, the following cursors are mapped to native cursors: <PRE>arrow cross crosshair ibeam plus watch xterm</PRE> And the following additional cursors are available: <PRE>text cross-hair</PRE> <P></DL> <H3><A NAME="M7">KEYWORDS</A></H3> <A href="../Keywords/C.htm#cursor">cursor</A>, <A href="../Keywords/O.htm#option">option</A> <HR><PRE> <A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1998-2000 by Scriptics Corporation. <A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1995-1997 Roger E. Critchlow Jr.</PRE> </BODY></HTML>