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--- en:tutorials:display:custom_mouse_cursor [2018/09/10 13:26 (7 years ago)] – iarwain
+++ en:tutorials:display:custom_mouse_cursor [2025/09/30 17:26 (4 weeks ago)] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Custom Mouse Cursors ======
-The ''Cursor'' property allows you set the type of mouse cursor image that is used when over the active window, or game. There are several standard ones built-in provided by the OS: ''arrow'', ''ibeam'', ''crosshair'', hand'', ''hresize'', ''vresize'' and ''default''.
+The ''Cursor'' property allows you set the type of hardware mouse cursor image that is used when over the active window, or game. There are several standard ones built-in provided by the OS: ''arrow'', ''ibeam'', ''crosshair'', ''hand'', ''hresize'', ''vresize'' and ''default''.
 <code>
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 </code>
-{{ :en:tutorials:display:hand-cursor.png |}}
+{{ tutorials:display:hand-cursor.png |}}
-Alternatively, a very nifty feature is to provide your own png image as the cursor. Great for games where a fancy cursor is needed, ie:
+Alternatively, a very nifty feature is to provide your own image as the cursor (''png'', ''jpg'', ''bmp'', ''tga'' or ''webp'' are all supported). Great for games where a fancy cursor is needed, ie:
-{{ :tutorials:amiga-cursor.png | }}
+{{ tutorials:display:amiga-cursor.png | }}
 <code ini>
@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 </code>
-By default, this will place the cursor in the top left hand corner. You can move this hotspot by providing an optional vector, ie:
+By default, this will place the cursor's hotspot in the top left corner. You can move this hotspot by providing an optional vector, ie:
 <code ini>
 [Display]
-cursor = amiga-cursor.png # (10, 10, 0)
+cursor = amiga-cursor.png # (10, 10)
 </code>
-{{ :en:tutorials:display:custom-cursor-outside.png |}}
+{{ tutorials:display:custom-cursor-outside.png |}}
 And like a normal cursor, it will hang outside the bounds of the window when you are the right or bottom extremes. Very nice.
-You can change cursors using the [[en:tutorials:guide_to_the_orx_console|Orx Console]]. Press the ~ key to open the console and type:
+You can change cursors using the [[en:tutorials:config:guide_to_the_orx_console|Orx Console]]. Press the ~ key to open the console and type:
     Mouse.SetCursor crosshair
-{{ :en:tutorials:display:cursor-orx-console.png |}}
+{{ tutorials:display:cursor-orx-console.png |}}
 Finally, you can set a mouse cursor in code:
 <code c>
-orxMouse_SetCursor("hresize", orxNULL);
+orxMouse_SetCursor("amiga-cursor.png", orxNULL);
 </code>
-This will set the cursor to a hand, and keep the default hotspot by using orxNULL. Change the hotspot position using a vector like:
+This will set the cursor to the amiga arrow, and keep the default hotspot by using orxNULL. Change the hotspot position using a vector like:
 <code c>
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 hotspot.fY = 10;
-orxMouse_SetCursor("hresize", &hotspot);
+orxMouse_SetCursor("amiga-cursor.png", &hotspot);
 </code>
+===== Hiding the mouse cursor =====
+If you don't want a cursor to display at all then you won't want to show it. You an use the ''ShowCursor'' in the ''Mouse'' section. See [[en:orx:config:settings_main:main#mouse_module|Mouse Config inputs]] for more details.

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