gdk_cursor_new ()

GdkCursor *
gdk_cursor_new (GdkCursorType cursor_type);

Creates a new cursor from the set of builtin cursors for the default display. See gdk_cursor_new_for_display().

To make the cursor invisible, use GDK_BLANK_CURSOR.

gdk_cursor_new_from_pixmap ()

GdkCursor *
gdk_cursor_new_from_pixmap (GdkPixmap *source,
                            GdkPixmap *mask,
                            const GdkColor *fg,
                            const GdkColor *bg,
                            gint x,
                            gint y);

Creates a new cursor from a given pixmap and mask. Both the pixmap and mask must have a depth of 1 (i.e. each pixel has only 2 values - on or off). The standard cursor size is 16 by 16 pixels. You can create a bitmap from inline data as in the below example.

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/* This data is in X bitmap format, and can be created with the 'bitmap'
   utility. */
#define cursor1_width 16
#define cursor1_height 16
static unsigned char cursor1_bits[] = {
  0x80, 0x01, 0x40, 0x02, 0x20, 0x04, 0x10, 0x08, 0x08, 0x10, 0x04, 0x20,
  0x82, 0x41, 0x41, 0x82, 0x41, 0x82, 0x82, 0x41, 0x04, 0x20, 0x08, 0x10,
  0x10, 0x08, 0x20, 0x04, 0x40, 0x02, 0x80, 0x01};
 
static unsigned char cursor1mask_bits[] = {
  0x80, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x03, 0x60, 0x06, 0x30, 0x0c, 0x18, 0x18, 0x8c, 0x31,
  0xc6, 0x63, 0x63, 0xc6, 0x63, 0xc6, 0xc6, 0x63, 0x8c, 0x31, 0x18, 0x18,
  0x30, 0x0c, 0x60, 0x06, 0xc0, 0x03, 0x80, 0x01};
 
 
 GdkCursor *cursor;
 GdkPixmap *source, *mask;
 GdkColor fg = { 0, 65535, 0, 0 }; /* Red. */
 GdkColor bg = { 0, 0, 0, 65535 }; /* Blue. */
 
 
 source = gdk_bitmap_create_from_data (NULL, cursor1_bits,
                                       cursor1_width, cursor1_height);
 mask = gdk_bitmap_create_from_data (NULL, cursor1mask_bits,
                                     cursor1_width, cursor1_height);
 cursor = gdk_cursor_new_from_pixmap (source, mask, &fg, &bg, 8, 8);
 g_object_unref (source);
 g_object_unref (mask);
 
 
 gdk_window_set_cursor (widget->window, cursor);

gdk_cursor_new_from_pixbuf ()

GdkCursor *
gdk_cursor_new_from_pixbuf (GdkDisplay *display,
                            GdkPixbuf *pixbuf,
                            gint x,
                            gint y);

Creates a new cursor from a pixbuf.

Not all GDK backends support RGBA cursors. If they are not supported, a monochrome approximation will be displayed. The functions gdk_display_supports_cursor_alpha() and gdk_display_supports_cursor_color() can be used to determine whether RGBA cursors are supported; gdk_display_get_default_cursor_size() and gdk_display_get_maximal_cursor_size() give information about cursor sizes.

If x or y are -1, the pixbuf must have options named "x_hot" and "y_hot", resp., containing integer values between 0 and the width resp. height of the pixbuf. (Since: 3.0)

On the X backend, support for RGBA cursors requires a sufficently new version of the X Render extension.

Since: 2.4

gdk_cursor_new_from_name ()

GdkCursor *
gdk_cursor_new_from_name (GdkDisplay *display,
                          const gchar *name);

Creates a new cursor by looking up name in the current cursor theme.

Since: 2.8

gdk_cursor_new_for_display ()

GdkCursor *
gdk_cursor_new_for_display (GdkDisplay *display,
                            GdkCursorType cursor_type);

Creates a new cursor from the set of builtin cursors. Some useful ones are:

Since: 2.2

gdk_cursor_get_display ()

GdkDisplay *
gdk_cursor_get_display (GdkCursor *cursor);

Returns the display on which the GdkCursor is defined.

Since: 2.2

gdk_cursor_get_image ()

GdkPixbuf *
gdk_cursor_get_image (GdkCursor *cursor);

Returns a GdkPixbuf with the image used to display the cursor.

Note that depending on the capabilities of the windowing system and on the cursor, GDK may not be able to obtain the image data. In this case, NULL is returned.

Since: 2.8

gdk_cursor_get_cursor_type ()

GdkCursorType
gdk_cursor_get_cursor_type (GdkCursor *cursor);

Returns the cursor type for this cursor.

Since: 2.22

gdk_cursor_ref ()

GdkCursor *
gdk_cursor_ref (GdkCursor *cursor);

Adds a reference to cursor .

gdk_cursor_unref ()

void
gdk_cursor_unref (GdkCursor *cursor);

Removes a reference from cursor , deallocating the cursor if no references remain.

GdkCursor

typedef struct {
  GdkCursorType GSEAL (type);
} GdkCursor;

enum GdkCursorType

gdk_cursor_destroy

#define gdk_cursor_destroy             gdk_cursor_unref