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Bug 2290

Summary: Request: SDL/SDL_cursor.h With SDLCursorTypes For Standard Cursors
Product: SDL Reporter: N. de Jonge <mail>
Component: videoAssignee: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P2 CC: icculus
Version: HG 2.1   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   

Description N. de Jonge 2013-12-09 12:15:08 UTC 
This is a feature request. I would like to be able to include SDL/SDL_cursor.h and then pick a SDLCursorType that will allow me to use one of various standard cursors with SDL_SetCursor. This would be similar to what GDK allows me to do:
https://developer.gnome.org/gdk/stable/gdk-Cursors.html
(Scroll down to see the GdkCursorTypes and their respective images.)
Comment 1 Ryan C. Gordon 2013-12-10 02:07:07 UTC 
Does SDL_CreateSystemCursor() not fit your needs?

--ryan.
Comment 2 N. de Jonge 2013-12-10 10:37:05 UTC 
Thanks Ryan, it is indeed what I was looking for.

Before closing this report, would you be willing to make some simple changes to the Wiki. (If not, please let me know and I'll e-mail Sam to request an account at the Wiki to make the changes myself.) The changes are:

At
http://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_CreateCursor
please add, after the first sentence at the top, something along the lines of:
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Since SDL 2.0.0 the [[SDL_CreateSystemCursor]] function is available, which provides twelve readily available system cursors to pick from.
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At
http://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_CreateSystemCursor
please add, in the "Function Parameters" section:
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Valid ids are:
SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_ARROW
SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_IBEAM
SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_WAIT
SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_CROSSHAIR
SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_WAITARROW
SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_SIZENWSE
SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_SIZENESW
SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_SIZEWE
SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_SIZENS
SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_SIZEALL
SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_NO
SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_HAND
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At
http://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_CreateSystemCursor
please add, in the "Code Examples" section:
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SDL_Cursor* cursor;
cursor = SDL_CreateSystemCursor(SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_HAND);
SDL_SetCursor(cursor);
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Comment 3 N. de Jonge 2014-01-22 02:02:58 UTC 
I've applied the changes I suggested to the SDL wiki.
Closing this report.