---
name: "cursors"
section: "n"
platform: "linux"
package: "tk"
version: "8.6.16-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cursors/n"
---

# cursors(n)

mouse cursors available in Tk

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## NAME

cursors - mouse cursors available in Tk

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## DESCRIPTION

The **-cursor** widget option allows a Tk programmer to change the mouse cursor for a particular widget.  The cursor names recognized by Tk on all platforms are:

```
X_cursor
arrow
based_arrow_down
based_arrow_up
boat
bogosity
bottom_left_corner
bottom_right_corner
bottom_side
bottom_tee
box_spiral
center_ptr
circle
clock
coffee_mug
cross
cross_reverse
crosshair
diamond_cross
dot
dotbox
double_arrow
draft_large
draft_small
draped_box
exchange
fleur
gobbler
gumby
hand1
hand2
heart
icon
iron_cross
left_ptr
left_side
left_tee
leftbutton
ll_angle
lr_angle
man
middlebutton
mouse
none
pencil
pirate
plus
question_arrow
right_ptr
right_side
right_tee
rightbutton
rtl_logo
sailboat
sb_down_arrow
sb_h_double_arrow
sb_left_arrow
sb_right_arrow
sb_up_arrow
sb_v_double_arrow
shuttle
sizing
spider
spraycan
star
target
tcross
top_left_arrow
top_left_corner
top_right_corner
top_side
top_tee
trek
ul_angle
umbrella
ur_angle
watch
xterm
```

The **none** cursor can be specified to eliminate the cursor.

## PORTABILITY ISSUES

- **Windows**

  On Windows systems, the following cursors are mapped to native cursors:

  ```
  arrow
  center_ptr
  crosshair
  fleur
  ibeam
  icon
  none
  sb_h_double_arrow
  sb_v_double_arrow
  watch
  xterm
  ```

  And the following additional cursors are available:

  ```
  no
  starting
  size
  size_ne_sw
  size_ns
  size_nw_se
  size_we
  uparrow
  wait
  ```

- **macOS**

  On macOS, the following cursors are mapped to native cursors:

  ```
  arrow
  top_left_arrow
  left_ptr
  cross
  crosshair
  tcross
  ibeam
  none
  xterm
  ```

  And the following additional native cursors are available:

  ```
  copyarrow
  aliasarrow
  contextualmenuarrow
  movearrow
  text
  cross-hair
  hand
  openhand
  closedhand
  fist
  pointinghand
  resize
  resizeleft
  resizeright
  resizeleftright
  resizeup
  resizedown
  resizeupdown
  resizebottomleft
  resizetopleft
  resizebottomright
  resizetopright
  notallowed
  poof
  wait
  countinguphand
  countingdownhand
  countingupanddownhand
  spinning
  help
  bucket
  cancel
  eyedrop
  eyedrop-full
  zoom-in
  zoom-out
  ```

## KEYWORDS

cursor, option