How to change cursor icon in Java?

Question

I would like to change the cursor icon to my customized 32x32 image when a Java application is executing. I looked and searched, those I found are just setting cursor on a J

Answer 1

Try settin the cursor on the rootPane.

frame.getRootPane().setCursor(...);

Answer 2

Call Component.setCursor. The class Cursor as a few predefined cursors.

A custom cursor image can be created:

setCursor(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createCustomCursor(
new ImageIcon("custom.png").getImage(),
new Point(0,0),"custom cursor"));

Answer 3

Standard cursor image:

setCursor(Cursor.getDefaultCursor());

User defined Image:

Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
Image image = toolkit.getImage("icons/handwriting.gif");
Cursor c = toolkit.createCustomCursor(image , new Point(mainPane.getX(), 
           mainPane.getY()), "img");
mainPane.setCursor (c);

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Answer 4

Why don't you have a class MyFrame which exteds JFrame. All it does is call the JFrame constructor and sets the cursor to your desired cursor. In my application we have a touch screen with no cursor so this is how I intend to implement it.

Answer 5

public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
{
// set cursor for frame and its component
//  this is the current frame you are using .
//  You can change the this keyword with your frame name .

java.awt.Toolkit toolkit = java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
Image image = toolkit.getImage("/images/mousepoint.jpg");
Cursor a = toolkit.createCustomCursor(image , new Point(this.getX(),this.getY()), "");
this.setCursor (a);
}