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Cursor

Name

Cursor

(New)

[Graphic: Figure from the text]

Description

The Cursor class represents the mouse pointer. It encapsulates information that used to be in java.awt.Frame in the 1.0.2 release.

Class Definition

public class java.awt.Cursor
    extends java.lang.Object
    implements java.io.Serializable {
  // Constants
  public final static int CROSSHAIR_CURSOR;
  public final static int DEFAULT_CURSOR;
  public final static int E_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int HAND_CURSOR;
  public final static int MOVE_CURSOR;
  public final static int N_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int NE_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int NW_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int S_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int SE_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int SW_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int TEXT_CURSOR;
  public final static int W_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int WAIT_CURSOR;
  // Class Variables
  protected static Cursor[] predefined;
  // Class Methods
  public static Cursor getDefaultCursor();
  public static Cursor getPredefinedCursor (int type);
  // Constructors
  public Cursor (int type);
  // Instance Methods
  public int getType();
}

Constants

CROSSHAIR_CURSOR

public final static int CROSSHAIR_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor that looks like a crosshair.

DEFAULT_CURSOR

public final static int DEFAULT_CURSOR

Constant representing the platform's default cursor.

E_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int E_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing the cursor for resizing an object on the left.

HAND_CURSOR

public final static int HAND_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor that looks like a hand.

MOVE_CURSOR

public final static int MOVE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor used to move an object.

N_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int N_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the top.

NE_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int NE_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the top left corner.

NW_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int NW_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the top right corner.

S_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int S_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the bottom.

SE_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int SE_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the bottom left corner.

SW_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int SW_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the bottom right corner.

TEXT_CURSOR

public final static int TEXT_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor used within text.

W_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int W_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the right side.

WAIT_CURSOR

public final static int WAIT_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor that indicates the program is busy.

Class Variables

predefined

protected static Cursor[] predefined

An array of cursor instances corresponding to the predefined cursor types.

Class Methods

getDefaultCursor

public static Cursor getDefaultCursor()

Returns: The default system cursor.

getPredefinedCursor

public static Cursor getPredefinedCursor (int type)

Parameters

type: One of the type constants defined in this class.

Returns

A Cursor object with the specified type.

Constructors

Cursor

public Cursor (int type)

Parameters

type: One of the type constants defined in this class.

Description

Constructs a Cursor object with the specified type.

Instance Methods

getType

public int getType()

Returns: The type of cursor.

See Also

Frame


Container		Dialog