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4.13 glutSetCursor

  glutSetCursor changes the cursor image of the current window.

Usage

void glutSetCursor(int cursor);
cursor
Name of cursor image to change to.

GLUT_CURSOR_RIGHT_ARROW
Arrow pointing up and to the right.
GLUT_CURSOR_LEFT_ARROW
Arrow pointing up and to the left.
GLUT_CURSOR_INFO
Pointing hand.
GLUT_CURSOR_DESTROY
Skull & cross bones.
GLUT_CURSOR_HELP
Question mark.
GLUT_CURSOR_CYCLE
Arrows rotating in a circle.
GLUT_CURSOR_SPRAY
Spray can.
GLUT_CURSOR_WAIT
Wrist watch.
GLUT_CURSOR_TEXT
Insertion point cursor for text.
GLUT_CURSOR_CROSSHAIR
Simple cross-hair.
GLUT_CURSOR_UP_DOWN
Bi-directional pointing up & down.
GLUT_CURSOR_LEFT_RIGHT
Bi-directional pointing left & right.
GLUT_CURSOR_TOP_SIDE
Arrow pointing to top side.
GLUT_CURSOR_BOTTOM_SIDE
Arrow pointing to bottom side.
GLUT_CURSOR_LEFT_SIDE
Arrow pointing to left side.
GLUT_CURSOR_RIGHT_SIDE
Arrow pointing to right side.
GLUT_CURSOR_TOP_LEFT_CORNER
Arrow pointing to top-left corner.
GLUT_CURSOR_TOP_RIGHT_CORNER
Arrow pointing to top-right corner.
GLUT_CURSOR_BOTTOM_RIGHT_CORNER
Arrow pointing to bottom-left corner.
GLUT_CURSOR_BOTTOM_LEFT_CORNER
Arrow pointing to bottom-right corner.
GLUT_CURSOR_FULL_CROSSHAIR
Full-screen cross-hair cursor (if possible, otherwise GLUT_CURSOR_CROSSHAIR).
GLUT_CURSOR_NONE
Invisible cursor.
GLUT_CURSOR_INHERIT
Use parent's cursor.

Description

  glutSetCursor changes the cursor image of the current window. Each call requests the window system change the cursor appropriately. The cursor image when a window is created is GLUT_CURSOR_INHERIT. The exact cursor images used are implementation dependent. The intent is for the image to convey the meaning of the cursor name. For a top-level window, GLUT_CURSOR_INHERIT uses the default window system cursor.

X Implementation Notes

GLUT for X uses SGI's   _SGI_CROSSHAIR_CURSOR convention [4] to access a full-screen cross-hair cursor if possible.



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Mark Kilgard
Fri Feb 23 08:05:02 PST 1996