Making custom cursors

I'm using CS3 and Xcode.
What suites, etc. might I use to create a custom cursor for a plugin tool I'm making? Ultimately I'd like to make something that behaves like the brush tool in Photoshop ie, the shape of the cursor reflects the size and settings of the tool.
Any ideas where to start with this? I've checked out the AIToolsSuite and the ADMDrawer stuff but didn't see anything that looked like what I need.

Hmmm. Interesting. I thought there was a call in the SDK but I can't find one. Looking at how we're doing it, we just implemented a SetPlatformCursor call for both Mac & Windows and did it that way. The code for Mace looks like this:
CursHandle cursor = GetCursor(cursorId);
if (cursor) {
SetCursor(*cursor);
Much easier than on Windows, though that code isn't that bad either. I'm pretty surprised there isn't a way to do this via the SDK.
If you want something that behaves like the AI Brush tool, you may have to create multiple cursors.

Similar Messages

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));
}

CS3 Custom cursor acting wierd

Hello, I am a student in an animation class; our current project is making a website portfolio. I have discovered some sort of bug or something to that effect, inside of my custom cursor is a button, this button contains a click function. When I click with the cursor the animation does play, but to a point. The error occurs when the layer with the custom cursor is above the layer with the buttons. Neither the rollover, nor the "go to" function work when the timeline's layers is arranged like so. BUT when the custom cursor is in a layer below the buttons the buttons work fine, but the cursor's animation doesn't play when you click on them, and becaue the cursor is on a layer below the buttons it appears below the buttons when rendered out.
Please help if you can,
Thanks!~

that's normal behavior. mouse events are intercepted by the top-most interactive object.
if you want help working-around that behavior, are you using as2 or as3?

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?

How to load and increase size of a custom cursor on a certain monitor (1st or 2nd)?

In my application I need to load a custom cursor, make it big and display it on the my second monitor in a dual monitor setup to let user click with an additional mouse. I found this thread able to solve the first 2 questions, however the cursor only changes within the VI panel. I had tried but couldn't get a handle to the second monitor, in face, not my primary one as well since I'm not familiar with winapi. I also want to restrict when the user can use the second mouse and only in the second monitor if possible. By the way I am using windows 7 64 bit with Labview 9 32 bit.
Thanks,

Ishi,
More than likely, you are going to have to use Windows OS APIs for this. It sounds like you would like to integrate your program at the operating system level, and will have to make calls to Windows to accomplish this in the proper manner. You can make calls to Windows in LabVIEW through several methods. Check out this example that sets the position of the cursor via a Call Library Function Node to the Windows SDK.
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/2315
Cheers,
Aaron
National Instruments

Invoice clearing at the time of making customer reciepts in FBCJ

Hi
I posted one FI Customer invoice. Entry posted:
Customer A/c.. Dr
   To Income A/c
I am making customer reciepts in cash. This receipt is against an invoice i posted above. Entry posted:
Cash A/c... Dr
   To Customer A/c
Aftewards i went to F-32 and then cleared customer debit and credit line items (created above)
Now i want to know whether i clear my invoice in FBCJ itself at the time of posting cash receipts (through FBCJ). The reason for asking this is that user is always forgetting to do F-32.
If yes we can do it, please let me know how we can do. (Work around will also do).
Edited by: Meenu_ND on Jul 13, 2011 2:33 PM

Dear:
       FBCJ postings will result in Cash in to and giving credit to Customer Account. However you will need to clear the customer in in F-32 to clear the ledger account. You can always apply the payment against invoice in F-28 as well (you need to check your clearing procedure in FBKP).
Work around might be to Automatically clear customer in case payment amount is full as of invoice and you have invoice reference updated in assignment field of payment DZ line item. You can achieve it by setting parameter in OB74. This is for your information.
Regards

Custom cursor is too slow in FULL_SCREEN_INTERACTIVE

My custom cursor is fast in window mode (even maximized) but not in fullscreen where it is really slow.
Is there a solution to this?

Dear Rob,
Thanks for your answer.
I have put together a simple test case (see attached zip file) and the custom cursor is still "too slow to be usable" in fullscreen mode. Run it and see that the cursor is fast in window mode. Then hit ctrl+enter to go into fullscreen and see how slow the cursor becomes.
Code:
package
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
import flash.ui.Mouse;
import flash.ui.Keyboard;
import flash.display.StageDisplayState;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
public class Main extends MovieClip
private var _mousePointer:MousePointer;
public function Main()
super();
Mouse.hide();
_mousePointer = new MousePointer();
addChild(_mousePointer);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyboardDown);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onMouseMoved);
private function goFullscreen(fullscreen:Boolean)
if(fullscreen)
stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN_INTERACTIVE;
else
stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.NORMAL;
private function onMouseMoved(evt:MouseEvent)
_mousePointer.x = mouseX;
_mousePointer.y = mouseY;
evt.updateAfterEvent();
private function onKeyboardDown(evt:KeyboardEvent)
if(evt.controlKey && evt.keyCode == Keyboard.ENTER)
goFullscreen(stage.displayState == StageDisplayState.NORMAL);

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!)

CS6 - Custom Cursor & Button's icon

I am trying to display a custom cursor when mouse is moving on a button which has icon.
But the button's icon is always in front of my cursor image.
How to make my cursor image on top?
Belows is my code. Please tell me what's wrong.
Thank you!
<mx:Application... creationComplete = "init()>
private var MyCursor:Shape = new Shape();
private function init():void{
    // draw custom cursor
    MyCursor.graphics.clear();
    MyCursor.graphics.lineStyle(2, 0xFF0000, 1,true);
    MyCursor.graphics.drawCircle(0,0,6);
    MyCursor.graphics.moveTo(-3,-3);
    MyCursor.graphics.lineTo(4,4);
    MyCursor.visible = false;
    // add to the layer
    CursorLayer.addChild(MyCursor);
private function ShowCustomCursor(e: MouseEvent):void
    Mouse.hide();
    MyCursor.x = e.stageX;
    MyCursor.y = e.stageY;
    MyCursor.visible = true;
private funtion HideCustomCursor(e:MouseEvent):void
    Mouse.show();
    MyCursor.visible = false;
<mx:UIComponent id = "CursorLayer" x ="0' y="0" width ="1000" height = "1000" blendMode="layer">
<mx:Button id="btnTest" x="50" y="5" width="28" height="20" buttonMode="true"
icon="@Embed(source='assets/btnTest.png')"
mouseFocusEnabled="true"
mouseMove="ShowCustomCursor(event)"
mouseOut="HideCustomCursor(event)"
tabEnabled="false"
useHandCursor="true"/>

that's because your cursor is sporadically moving over your interactive objects interfering with their mouseevents.
to remedy, disable the mouseEnabled property of your cursor.

Custom Cursors with AS3

I used the code snippets to create a custom cursor and it works well. What if I want that cursor to change when it's clicked? Can I do that easy enough? Thanks.

you can use a stage mousedown listener to make it appear your cursor was clicked.

Custom Cursors with rollovers.

So I know how to make a custom Cursor in flash Pro CS5 but if I want that custom cursor to change to something else of my own design when it's over specific objects how would I go about doing that?

So here's the code for both both buttons and their rollover actions. Like I said it works fine for one but not the other. The forward button is fine, but when the back button is clicked it leaves behind a stamp of the rollover cursor.
/* Mouse Over Event
Mousing over the symbol instance executes a function in which you can add your own custom code.
Instructions:
1. Add your custom code on a new line after the line that says "// Start your custom code" below.
   The code will execute when the symbol instance is moused over.
backbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, fl_MouseOverHandler_2);
function fl_MouseOverHandler_2(event:MouseEvent):void
parent.addChild(backphoto);
backphoto.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fl_CustomMouseCursor_2);
function fl_CustomMouseCursor_2(event:Event)
          backphoto.x = stage.mouseX;
          backphoto.y = stage.mouseY;
Mouse.hide();
/* Mouse Out Event
Mousing out of the symbol instance executes a function in which you can add your own custom code.
Instructions:
1. Add your custom code on a new line after the line that says "// Start your custom code" below.
   The code will execute when the symbol instance is moused out of.
backbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, fl_MouseOutHandler_2);
function fl_MouseOutHandler_2(event:MouseEvent):void
parent.removeChild(backphoto);
Mouse.show();
/* Mouse Over Event
Mousing over the symbol instance executes a function in which you can add your own custom code.
Instructions:
1. Add your custom code on a new line after the line that says "// Start your custom code" below.
   The code will execute when the symbol instance is moused over.
Forwardbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, fl_MouseOverHandler);
function fl_MouseOverHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{stage.addChild(nextphoto);
nextphoto.mouseEnabled = false;
nextphoto.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fl_CustomMouseCursor);
function fl_CustomMouseCursor(event:Event)
          nextphoto.x = stage.mouseX;
          nextphoto.y = stage.mouseY;
Mouse.hide();
/* Mouse Out Event
Mousing out of the symbol instance executes a function in which you can add your own custom code.
Instructions:
1. Add your custom code on a new line after the line that says "// Start your custom code" below.
   The code will execute when the symbol instance is moused out of.
Forwardbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, fl_MouseOutHandler);
function fl_MouseOutHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
stage.removeChild(nextphoto);
Mouse.show();

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.
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
==================
http://www.dreamweavermx-templates.com
- Template Triage!
http://www.projectseven.com/go
- DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
http://www.dwfaq.com - DW FAQs,
Tutorials & Resources
http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/
- Macromedia (MM) Technotes
==================
"Flesky" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:ehi23v$653$[email protected]..
>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.
>

Making custom non-standard components aware of custom look and feels.

Hello all.
Maybe the subject of this post could also be the opposite: "Making custom look and feels aware of non-standard custom components". I'm not sure.
If I code a new custom component (extending JComponent, or extending the UI delegate of a standard component) and pretend it to be laf aware then I must create the corresponding UI delegate for each laf, like it happens to be with standard swing components. But I'm not sure it is feasible to create the UI delegates for all unknown existing custom lafs.
On the other side, if I create a custom laf then I will also create a custom UI delegate for each standard component, but I can not create UI delegate for all unknown existing custom components.
The point here is that standard components and standard lafs are universally known, while custom components (or custom ui delegates) and custom lafs are not.
So the question is: How does a swing developer deal with the case of a new custom component that will be used in an unknown custom laf?
For instance:
1. Custom text UI delegate for dealing with styled documents in JTextField. See {thread:id=2284487}.
2. JTabbedPane with custom UI delegate that paints no tab if the component only contains one tab.
In both cases I need a UI delegate for each known laf, but what happens if the application is using a laf that certainly will not be aware of this custom functionally?
Thank you!

If I code a new custom component (extending JComponent, or extending the UI delegate of a standard component) and pretend it to be laf aware then I must create the corresponding UI delegate for each laf, like it happens to be with standard swing components. But I'm not sure it is feasible to create the UI delegates for all unknown existing custom lafs.You are right, this is never going to work. I suggest if you want to make your custom component look & feel aware, you design the way it displays around the l & f of other components that are part of j2se and have l&f implementations.
http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/plaf/ComponentUI.html
There are instructions here:
http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/LookAndFeel.html
>
On the other side, if I create a custom laf then I will also create a custom UI delegate for each standard component, but I can not create UI delegate for all unknown existing custom components.
The point here is that standard components and standard lafs are universally known, while custom components (or custom ui delegates) and custom lafs are not.
So the question is: How does a swing developer deal with the case of a new custom component that will be used in an unknown custom laf?
For instance:
1. Custom text UI delegate for dealing with styled documents in JTextField. See {thread:id=2284487}.
2. JTabbedPane with custom UI delegate that paints no tab if the component only contains one tab.
In both cases I need a UI delegate for each known laf, but what happens if the application is using a laf that certainly will not be aware of this custom functionally?
Thank you!

16.0.3: custom cursor for third party plugin missing

We are using a third party plugin which has its own cursor (probably 16x16 png), and after upgrade to AI 16.0.3 on Mac OS 10.8, iMac, the custom cursor just gone, currently it ues system cursor (a black arrow).
Any detailed info about this upgrade may cause the problem?

So, here's what happened. In the 16.0.3/16.2 update, Adobe broke sAIUser->SetCursor(). Any plug-in that was using this call to display cursors will no longer be able to change their cursors on Mac. Cursors did not break on Windows. There are two options for developers; either change to platform cursors or wait for Adobe to issue a fix (I do not know, however, if one is planned). Hot Door has already changed to platform cursors and will be issuing an update later this week. There is a discussion on StackOverflow for those interested in the programming solution.

Making custom cursors

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for