[Tkinter-discuss] Cursors

[Michael Lange]

Hi,

On Thu, 9 Nov 2017 19:51:16 +0000
adil gourinda <rikudou__sennin at live.com> wrote:

> Where the cursors are stored in the file system ?

in Debian the cursors appear to be in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons ,
probably it's the same with Ubuntu.

> And if I want to make
> my own cursors, to which file's format I should convert the images? I
> work on kubuntu 17.04 LTS

There is a page on the Tcl wiki where this is discussed in detail:

http://wiki.tcl.tk/8674

The exact procedure depends on the platform in use.
On X11 you will have to store the cursor data in an xbm (X-bitmap) file,
then you can do something like:

  root = Tk()
  b = Button(root, text='Close', cursor=('@example.xbm', 'green'),
             command=root.quit)
  b.pack(padx=100, pady=100)
  root.mainloop()

Best regards

Michael


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