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





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:
              Xcursor
              arrow
              basedarrowdown
              basedarrowup
              boat
              bogosity
              bottomleftcorner
              bottomrightcorner
              bottomside
              bottomtee
              boxspiral
              centerptr
              circle
              clock
              coffeemug
              cross
              crossreverse
              crosshair
              diamondcross
              dot
              dotbox
              doublearrow
              draftlarge
              draftsmall
              drapedbox
              exchange
              fleur
              gobbler
              gumby
              hand1
              hand2
              heart
              icon
              ironcross
              leftptr
              leftside
              lefttee
              leftbutton
              llangle
              lrangle
              man
              middlebutton
              mouse
              pencil
              pirate
              plus
              questionarrow
              rightptr
              rightside
              righttee
              rightbutton
              rtllogo
              sailboat
              sbdownarrow
              sbhdoublearrow
              sbleftarrow
              sbrightarrow
              sbuparrow
              sbvdoublearrow
              shuttle
              sizing
              spider
              spraycan
              star
              target
              tcross
              topleftarrow
              topleftcorner
              toprightcorner
              topside
              toptee
              trek
              ulangle
              umbrella
              urangle
              watch
              xterm


PORTABILITY ISUES
       Windows
              On  Windows  systems, the following cursors are mapped to native
              cursors:
                     arrow
                     centerptr
                     crosshair
                     fleur
                     ibeam
                     icon
                     sbhdoublearrow
                     sbvdoublearrow
                     watch
                     xterm
              And the following additional cursors are available:
                     no
                     starting
                     size
                     sizenesw
                     sizens
                     sizenwse
                     sizewe
                     uparrow
                     wait
              The no cursor can be specified to eliminate the cursor.


       acintosh
              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)