---
name: "cursors"
section: "n"
platform: "macos"
package: "tcl"
version: "152"
release: "macOS 26.5"
platforms: ["linux", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cursors/n"
---

# cursors(n)

mouse cursors available in Tk

## NAME

cursors - mouse cursors available in Tk

## 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

- **Mac OS X**

  On Mac OS X systems, 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