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cursors(n)                                  Tk Built-In Commands                                  cursors(n)



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NAME
       cursors - mouse cursors available in Tk
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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
              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


PORTABILITY ISSUES
       Windows
              On Windows systems, the following cursors are mapped to native cursors:
                     arrow
                     center_ptr
                     crosshair
                     fleur
                     ibeam
                     icon
                     sb_h_double_arrow
                     sb_v_double_arrow
                     watch
                     xterm
              And the following additional cursors are available:
                     no
                     starting
                     size
                     size_ne_sw
                     size_ns
                     size_nw_se
                     size_we
                     uparrow
                     wait
              The no cursor can be specified to eliminate the cursor.


       Macintosh
              On Macintosh systems, the following cursors are mapped to native cursors:
                     arrow
                     cross
                     crosshair
                     ibeam
                     plus
                     watch
                     xterm
              And the following additional cursors are available:
                     text
                     cross-hair


KEYWORDS
       cursor, option



Tk                                                   8.3                                          cursors(n)