Custom cursor point style

Is there is a way you can change the point style of a cursor on an xy graph to somthing custom, possibly an image or somthing else. Basicly Id like to have very many point styles, but more then just whats in LV, Id want some that actually look different.
Thanks,
-Mark

me too i want this option.can i make the cursor as a small car or small dog......?
can any body help me?

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Custom Cursor point style on XY graph

Is there is a way you can change the point style of a cursor on an xy graph to somthing custom, possibly an image or somthing else. Basicly Id like to have very many point styles, but more then just whats in LV, Id want some that actually look different.
Thanks,
-Mark

Hi Mark,
You can use an event structure to detect when the mouse enters or leaves the XY graph. When the mouse enters you can set the cursor using the "Set Cursor" VI and when it leaves you can unset the cursor using the "Unset Busy" VI. You can create a reference to a custom cursor beforehand using the "Create Cursor from file" VI. Unfortunately none of the VIs that I mention here are available with the base package.
I've attached an example program written in LV7 on Windows. (note: you need a .ani or .cur file for the cursor you wish to use)
Hope this helps,
Neil
Attachments:
XY_Cursor.vi ‏83 KB

Custom Icon / Marker / Point-style on Graph

Is there a way I can use a custom icon (or point-style) on a graph or chart? I want to place a series of points on an XY-Graph but I don't want to use any of the built-in point styles, I want to use a .gif file I have. I have toyed with the idea of converting an XY position to a screen position (in pixels) and hiding / showing an icon already on the front panel, and moving it. This seemed like a bit of a hack to me, I'm hoping there's a better way.
Thanks

ptilghma -
I know you can modify programmaticaly:
Graph palette
Plot legend (waveform chart, waveform graph, xy graph, and digital waveform graph only)
Scrollbar (charts only)
Blinking plot
Label scroll position
Active X/Y Scale
Using property nodes but I don't think that it modifies the icon.
I think mapping out the screen and applying some sort of logic to replace the points is your only way out.
Here is a link describing the use of property nodes in graphs
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/A0525AF9D64408F186256BFB005970EB?OpenDocument
Best Regards
Bruno Noronha
Bruno Noronha
Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer
Using LabVIEW 8.6

Custom cursor using image gets resized bigger

I have created a custom cursor using the following code:
ClassLoader cl = this.getClass().getClassLoader();
Toolkit tk = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
Image im = tk.getImage( cl.getResource("images/wallcursor.gif"));
Cursor Custom_Cursor = tk.createCustomCursor(im,new Point(9,9),"Drawing wall");
draftGrid.setCursor( Custom_Cursor );The cursor is loaded and it works, however - the image I use for the cursor is resized so it gets too big. Any clues on why this happens?
btw; draftGrid is one of my own classes that extends JComponent.
- bjorn

Thanks for your replies guys.
I tried your code KPSeal, and it works in resizing the cursor image back to its original size. However, a gray square of size 32,32 (which is returned by getBestCursorSize()) is shown round the cursor.
Here is the updated code (yours hade some minor bugs)
Image im = tk.getImage( cl.getResource("images/wallcursor.gif"));
try {
       tracker.addImage(im, 0 );
       tracker.waitForID(0);
} catch( InterruptedException ie ) {
       ie.printStackTrace();
int w = im.getWidth(this);
int h = im.getHeight(this);
int pw = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getBestCursorSize(w, h).width;
int ph = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getBestCursorSize(w, h).height;
System.out.println("w="+w+", h="+h+" - pw="+pw+", ph="+ph);
Image cim = createImage(pw, ph);
cim.getGraphics().drawImage(im,0,0, this);
Cursor Custom_Cursor = tk.createCustomCursor(cim,new Point(0,0),"Drawing wall");
draftGrid.setCursor( Custom_Cursor );The System.out.println statement prints: w=18, h=13 - pw=32, ph=32
If I try to do the createImage with w and h instead of pw and ph the same gray square (32,32) is created, and in addition the cursor's size is too big which was the probem to begin with ...
- bjorn

Custom cursor using startDrag

Hello everyone,
I have a movieclip following my mouse to act as a custom cursor.
I am using startDrag on the movie clip and mouse.hide()
What I am trying to resolve is the following:
I have several hidden simple button objects in the background of my flash movie. ( I am using these to detect when the user has the mouse in certain areas of the flash movie)
When i go to move over these simple buttons, my custom cursor movieclip stops following the mouse cursor. Normally my cursor would also then change to the Hand cursor, but i disabled that.
Can anyone think of any method or hack that would make this work for me? I would like my custom cursor following the mouse pointer at all times even when hovering over a simple button.
thanks in advance.

The cursor changes to hand cursor yet?
When you say "single button Several hidden objects", the number is?

Custom Cursor and Drag Image in 1.4 DnD

What is the proper way to provide a custom cursor and drag image in 1.4 DnD? Say we initiate the drag on a component that supports data transfer (such as a JTree).

Well, this is strange. My app was locking up (100% CPU) when using DND from windows Explorer.
I noticed that another part of the same appliction was working perfictly. The difference: JFrame .vs. JDialog. I switched the offending JDialog to a JFrame and all works perfictly now!
java version "1.4.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-b92)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-b92, mixed mode)
I would like to switch back at some point, but my g.setXORMode() problem is a much bigger issue for us. (That is, once you enter the XOR mode, you can not go back!)

Adding a custom cursor to a panel

HI, I am making a game where i want clicking a radio button to change the cursor image. I have figured out how to create a custom cursor, and even change the current cursor to it. The problem im having is i want to change it while the program is running. I can say somthing like frame.addCursor(cursor) but that sets it permenantly. What i would like is to add it to a panel during run-time. If anyone knows how i would go abou this i would be gratefull.
Thanks

Do u mean, upon selecting the radio button, the cursor must be changed to the customized one?
If it is so,
u add the snippet in the itemStateChanged() event....of the radiobutton
i.e.,
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent ie)
if(ie.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED)
myPanel.setCursor(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createCustomCursor(CursorImg, new Point
(0,0), "MyCursorImg"));
CursorImg - the image to display when the cursor is actived
new Point(0,0) - hotSpot
MyCursorImg - a localized description of the cursor, for Java Accessibility use
else
myPanel.setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.DEFAULT_CURSOR));
}

Using custom cursor

I want to use a cursor from file in my page. How can I do
this?
I've found:
<style>

</style>
but works only in IE and for all page not only for a link for
example.

You can't. Custom cursors are a pain for your visitor, many
(most? all?)
of whom will not want to download and install something from
a site.
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Custom cursor that follows mouse - JITTERS

Hi again.
I'm using this code to make my custom cursor follow the mouse, HOWEVER when it gets near to the mouth it goes loopy - and turns left and right in a fit. Can I put code in there for it to be smoother?
The CODE is lower done highlighted in BLACK.
Cheers
// Remeber to add private to vars and public to functions that are used outside.
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.media.Sound;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.ui.Mouse;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
var v:Number=5;
var varObject:String;
var i:Number;
var arrayObjects:Array;
var soundClip:Sound;
var randomnumber:Number;
//public function game1SunnyWalk() {
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, myClickReaction);
stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,enterFrameHandler);
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame);
// populate array and initiate variables i and varObject
this.arrayObjects=["chocolate","icecream","pizza","hamburger","sandwich","egg"];
this.i=1;
this.varObject=arrayObjects[i-1];
var clickPoint:Point = new Point();
function myClickReaction(e:MouseEvent):void {
clickPoint.x=this.mouseX;
clickPoint.y=this.mouseY;
function onEnterFrame(event:Event):void {
var xDistance:Number=clickPoint.x-this.planeAndSunny.x;
var yDistance:Number=clickPoint.y-this.planeAndSunny.y;
var angle:Number=Math.atan2(yDistance,xDistance);
this[varObject].y += 5;
//trace(this[varObject].y);
this.planeAndSunny.x+=v*Math.cos(angle);
this.planeAndSunny.y+=v*Math.sin(angle);
if (clickPoint.x>=planeAndSunny.x) {
this.planeAndSunny.gotoAndPlay("right");
//trace(Math.abs(xDistance));
if (this.planeAndSunny.x>=clickPoint.x) {
this.planeAndSunny.gotoAndPlay("left");
//trace(Math.abs(xDistance));
//if (Math.abs(xDistance)<=10) {
//trace("works");
//this.planeAndSunny.gotoAndPlay("static");
//removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame);
function enterFrameHandler(e:Event):void {
varObject=arrayObjects[i-1];
// this property refers to the mc being referenced and as it's an array you also need the square brackets
// I tried to hitTest only the STRING whereas you need to hitTest the object
// ie: this refers to the array object and NOT the string.
if (this.planeAndSunny.hitTestObject(this[varObject])) {
//starts sound
//init();
// spins the object
spin();
trace(varObject);// BUT you can trace the STRING ie: No need to use OBJECT(STRING) - which would be the actual mc.
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrameHandler);// ie: You can't do a hitTest on a string BUT on an object. (The array)
//var soundClip:Sound;
//function init() {
//soundClip = new Sound();
//soundClip.load(new URLRequest("sound/chocolate.mp3"));
//soundClip.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, soundLoaded);
//soundClip.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, soundLoading);
//function soundLoaded(e:Event) {
//soundClip.play();
function spin() {
//tw.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, spinStopped);// note than when you use addEventListener - the function called uses that event as an argument in brackets after the function name
var tw:Tween=new Tween(this[varObject],"rotation",Strong.easeOut,0,360,2,true);
var numturns:int=8;
this[varObject].removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, spin);
tw.begin=this[varObject].rotation;
tw.finish=numturns*360;
tw.start();
i=i+1;

you can easily attach the cursor between the specific layers you want using an empty movieclip and add your cursor movieclip to the emptyMC using the class name. Look at the screenshot and follow the code. it works
and here is the code:
import flash.display.MovieClip;
var whytehand:MovieClip=new cur();
emptyMC.addChild(whytehand);
emptyMC.mouseEnabled = false;
emptyMC.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fl_CustomMouseCursor_5);
function fl_CustomMouseCursor_5(event:Event)
emptyMC.x = stage.mouseX;
emptyMC.y = stage.mouseY;
Mouse.hide();
Thatz it!

Custom cursor click

I'm using this to create a custom cursor and to use a mouse click event on a movieclip:
stop();
Mouse.hide();
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE,follow);
function follow(evt:MouseEvent)
          cursor_mc.x = mouseX;
          cursor_mc.y = mouseY;
volgendePijlClip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, pijlEventClip);
function pijlEventClip(event:MouseEvent):void
          trace(1)
At first it didn't work for me, but I found out that was because the custom cursor was over its registration point. Which was made equal to the mouse's location. So when the mouse was clicked on the movieclip-button, it was actually clicking on the custom mouse cursor itself, so the click on the 'volgendePijlClip movieclip wasn't picked up on.
I solved it by moving the custom cursor slightly away from it's registration point, so it would appear slightly of mouseX/mouseY. Close enough to act as cursor, but away of the cursor enough so the hidden mouse cursor could pick up a click on 'volgendePijlClip'.
Was wondering if there still was a way for a custom cursor to be over it's registration point and have the hidden mouse cursor still pick up on clicking on objects beneath the custom cursor?

assign its mouseEnabled property to false:
cursor_mc.mouseEnabled=false;

How to create custom cursor??

I want to create a new cursor using Toolkit.createCustomCursor(Image,Point,String),
but Image can only accept .gif,.jpg file,it cannot know .cur,
so if image's background's color is not equal to panel's background's,
the cursor that show in the panel looks like malformed rectangle.
so is there any better way to create a custom cursor??

Create the cursor as a transparent gif if you need it to be transparent.
nes

How to make a custom cursor

How do you make a custom Cursor with the Cursor class, so that I can use it in my program.
And also, how do you make a LookAndFeel??

To make a cursor use:
createCustomCursor public Cursor createCustomCursor(Image cursor,
                                 Point hotSpot,
                                 String name)
                          throws IndexOutOfBoundsException, HeadlessException
Creates a new custom cursor object. If the image to display is invalid, the cursor will be hidden
(made completely transparent), and the hotspot will be set to (0, 0). Parameters:hotSpot - the X
and Y of the large cursor's hot spot. The hotSpot values must be less than the Dimension returned
by getBestCursorSize().name - a localized description of the cursor, for Java Accessibility use.
Throws: IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the hotSpot values are outside the bounds of the cursor.

Custom Cursors- drawing bitmaps?

Hello everyone,
I went on to www.youtube.com and found a tutorial to set up
custom cursor using the actionscript(2.0) on the actualt movie
clip(which was my cursor):
onClipEvent(enterFrame)
_x=_root._xmouse
_y=_root._ymouse
And the actionscript on the acutal frame:
Mouse.hide()
This code sufficiantly replaced my mouse with my movie clip,
but I noticed when i moused over my button, they did not show the
same mouse over that I had with the normal mouse.
Another thing I could like to acomplish is, when my custom
cursor click anywhere in the flash movie, it overlays a bitmap(an
image(a .jpeg)) on that instance of that flash movie. I've seen it
done before in flash sites that allow that user to create things
such as characters or art. I know it's posible, but I've searched
all of the internet and have gained no fruit from it.
If anyone would be so kind as to show me how to go this, or
even simply point me to a link. I would be very greatful. If I do
get it working, I'll be sure to share it with the community, as
what I'm gonna use it for is pretty cool in my opinion.
Thanks for your time and consideration.
Peace,
Mike.

So I put the code clbeech seggusted in the actions frame and
it didn't work.
How do I insert a link to download my flash file so that
someone can see waht's actually going on?
Also,
I'm having trouble with button events.
I entered some code in the actions palette after clicking on
the button in the stage. The code was:
on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(36);
Simple enough right?
Well the frames didn't play, it glitched for a second,
teasing me as if it would, but didn't.
I got this compilke error:
Mouse events are premitted only for button instances.
This was the error I got from clbeech's code after inserting
it on the first frame in the actions layer.
Expected a feild name '.' operator.

Custom cursor - dynamically change colour

Since I failed to gain access to [Embed]ed SWF file to change
its properies from within Flex :-(
has anyone got any ideas how to create a custom cursor and
dynamically change its colour.
Let's say we have a brush or a pencil cursor and we want to
change the colour of its tip, when a certain coloured button is
pressed with it.
Thank you.

Use sym for your element.
sym.$("button").css({'cursor':'pointer'});

Blink custom cursor

Hi to all.
I'm having problems changing the look of the cursor of my app. Sometimes, when the user let the mouse pointer on certain areas of the principal panel, the cursor look must change for a custom look that I have created. The problem is that when I change the aspect of the system cursor, for my custom cursor, it start to blink sometimes, and it stays blinking when I move it on areas where the cursor have to have this custom look. I'm using a code like this.
All this is into a class that extends from JPane.
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
        Image image = toolkit.getImage("CrearTransiciones.gif");
        Point hotSpot = new Point(15, 15);
        Cursor cursor = toolkit.createCustomCursor(image, hotSpot, "CrearTransiciones");
        if (cursorIsOver().equals(ZoneOver.Zone1)) {
            setCursor(cursor);
        } else {
           if (cursorIsOver().equals(ZoneOver.Zone2)) {
               setCursor(new Cursor(Cursor.DEFAULT_CURSOR));
           } else {
              if (cursorIsOver().equals(ZoneOver.Zone3)) {
                  setCursor(new Cursor(Cursor.CROSSHAIR_CURSOR));
}I have also proved to set the hotSpot into the (0, 0) point, but I'm still having the same problem.
Someone knows what I have to do to avoid the annoying blinking?
Thanks for read.

I think the problem may be the fact that you are changing the cursor in paintComponent() regardless of what the cursor currently is; I would change the code to check if the cursor is already the cursor you want it to be; if so then skip the setCursor().
You are fetching the image every time a paintComponent() call is made. That is not very efficient. I would fetch the image once (in the constructor perhaps?), store the cursor in a member variable and just use it whenever you need it. The rule is that a paint() or paintComponent() call should take as little time as possible, loading and decoding an image from disk is not exactly a fast action.
Also, you are aware that you can do "else if" in stead of nesting the if statements like that?

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