Using a cursor

[notnumber6]

Hey guys,

I want to create a basic application that imports the cross hair cursor, the overall aim of the project is to get co-ordinates depending on where the cursor is...

Any chance?

Thanks,

Joel

[hardwired]

You can set the System crosshair cursor with methods in the Cursor and Component classes

Component c = your component
c.setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.CROSSHAIR_CURSOR));
// to change back
c.setCursor(Cursor.getDefaultCursor());

Add a MouseMotionListener for mouseMoved events or a MouseListener for mousePressed events to your component and you can get the coordinates of the mouse position on the component from their MouseEvent e.getPoint.

[notnumber6]

When you say

Component c = your component

What librarys do i need to import....

Also is C the variable name you are initialising??

So i could change it to Component crosshairCursor = your component?

Also whats your component mean....

Sorry for being thick, but a good reply hard wired

[hardwired]

It was pseudo code. If I have a gui with a component displayed and I want to set the cursor for the component, ie, when the mouse is over that particular component the cursor will be set according to what I specified for the component, and if the component is:

JPanel panel = new JPanel();
// The "panel" is the reference to the Component that we use to set the cursor.
// Since JPanel extends from Component we can use the (inherited) Component
// method [i]setCursor[/i] on the "panel" reference.
panel.setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.CROSSHAIR_CURSOR));

If you do not like the System cursor you can make an image of what you want and use it with the Toolkit.createCustomCursor method to make what you want.