defaultCursor

Typeproperty
DictionaryLCS
LibraryLiveCode Script
Syntax
set the defaultCursor to <imageID>
Summary

Specifies the default shape of the cursor.

Introduced2.0
Changes

The order in which LiveCode searches for cursors was changed in version 3.5. Previously, the current stack was searched first, followed by the list of open stacks.

OSmac, windows, linux, ios, android
Platformsdesktop, server, mobile
Example
set the defaultCursor to arrow
Values
NameTypeDescription
Value

The defaultCursor is the ID of an image to use for a cursor. LiveCode looks for the specified image in the following order:

  1. The stack of the current object's behavior (if applicable)
  2. The stack of the owner of the current object's behavior (if applicable)
  3. The stack of the current object's stack's behavior (if applicable)
  4. The current object's stack
  5. The current object's stack's mainstack (if a substack)
  6. The current object's stack's mainstacks substacks
  7. The list of open stacks, in order they were loaded
RelatedKeyword: default, image, field, menu
Glossary: property, Browse tool, mouse pointer, cursor
Property: cursor, lockCursor, behavior, ID
Description

Use the defaultCursor property to change the cursor used when the Browse tool is being used from a hand to some other cursor shape.

Tip: LiveCode includes several built-in cursors whose names you can use in place of their image IDs. The built-in cursors are described in the entry for the cursor property.

If the lockCursor property is set to false, the cursor changes shape automatically as the mouse moves. (For example, the cursor normally turns into an arrow over a menu, an I-beam over an editable field, and so on.) The defaultCursor is the shape used automatically when the mouse pointer is in a stack window, but not in an editable field.

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