QCursor Class▲
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Header: QCursor
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CMake:
find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Gui)
target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Gui)
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qmake: QT += gui
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Group: QCursor is part of appearance, shared
Detailed Description▲
This class is mainly used to create mouse cursors that are associated with particular widgets and to get and set the position of the mouse cursor.
Qt has a number of standard cursor shapes, but you can also make custom cursor shapes based on a QBitmap, a mask and a hotspot.
To associate a cursor with a widget, use QWidget::setCursor(). To associate a cursor with all widgets (normally for a short period of time), use QGuiApplication::setOverrideCursor().
To set a cursor shape use QCursor::setShape() or use the QCursor constructor which takes the shape as argument, or you can use one of the predefined cursors defined in the Qt::CursorShape enum.
If you want to create a cursor with your own bitmap, either use the QCursor constructor which takes a bitmap and a mask or the constructor which takes a pixmap as arguments.
To set or get the position of the mouse cursor use the static methods QCursor::pos() and QCursor::setPos().
Note: It is possible to create a QCursor before QGuiApplication, but it is not useful except as a place-holder for a real QCursor created after QGuiApplication. Attempting to use a QCursor that was created before QGuiApplication will result in a crash.
A Note for X11 Users▲
On X11, Qt supports the Xcursor library, which allows for full color icon themes. The table below shows the cursor name used for each Qt::CursorShape value. If a cursor cannot be found using the name shown below, a standard X11 cursor will be used instead. Note: X11 does not provide appropriate cursors for all possible Qt::CursorShape values. It is possible that some cursors will be taken from the Xcursor theme, while others will use an internal bitmap cursor.
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Shape |
Qt::CursorShape Value |
Cursor Name |
Shape |
Qt::CursorShape Value |
Cursor Name |
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left_ptr |
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size_ver |
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up_arrow |
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size_hor |
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cross |
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size_bdiag |
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ibeam |
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size_fdiag |
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wait |
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size_all |
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left_ptr_watch |
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split_v |
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forbidden |
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split_h |
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pointing_hand |
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openhand |
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whats_this |
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closedhand |
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dnd-move or move |
dnd-copy or copy |
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dnd-link or link |
See Also▲
See also QWidget
Member Function Documentation▲
QCursor::QCursor()▲
Constructs a cursor with the default arrow shape.
QCursor::QCursor(Qt::CursorShape shape)▲
Constructs a cursor with the specified shape.
See Qt::CursorShape for a list of shapes.
See Also▲
See also setShape()
QCursor::QCursor(const QBitmap &bitmap, const QBitmap &mask, int hotX = -1, int hotY = -1)▲
Constructs a custom bitmap cursor.
bitmap and mask make up the bitmap. hotX and hotY define the cursor's hot spot.
If hotX is negative, it is set to the bitmap().width()/2. If hotY is negative, it is set to the bitmap().height()/2.
The cursor bitmap (B) and mask (M) bits are combined like this:
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B=1 and M=1 gives black.
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B=0 and M=1 gives white.
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B=0 and M=0 gives transparent.
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B=1 and M=0 gives an XOR'd result under Windows, undefined results on all other platforms.
Use the global Qt color Qt::color0 to draw 0-pixels and Qt::color1 to draw 1-pixels in the bitmaps.
Valid cursor sizes depend on the display hardware (or the underlying window system). We recommend using 32 x 32 cursors, because this size is supported on all platforms. Some platforms also support 16 x 16, 48 x 48, and 64 x 64 cursors.
See Also▲
See also QBitmap::QBitmap(), QBitmap::setMask()
[explicit] QCursor::QCursor(const QPixmap &pixmap, int hotX = -1, int hotY = -1)▲
Constructs a custom pixmap cursor.
pixmap is the image. It is usual to give it a mask (set using QPixmap::setMask()). hotX and hotY define the cursor's hot spot.
If hotX is negative, it is set to the pixmap().width()/2. If hotY is negative, it is set to the pixmap().height()/2.
Valid cursor sizes depend on the display hardware (or the underlying window system). We recommend using 32 x 32 cursors, because this size is supported on all platforms. Some platforms also support 16 x 16, 48 x 48, and 64 x 64 cursors.
See Also▲
See also QPixmap::QPixmap(), QPixmap::setMask()
QCursor::QCursor(const QCursor &c)▲
Constructs a copy of the cursor c.
[since 5.5] QCursor::QCursor(QCursor &&other)▲
Move-constructs a cursor from other. After being moved from, the only valid operations on other are destruction and (move and copy) assignment. The effects of calling any other member function on a moved-from instance are undefined.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.5.
QCursor::~QCursor()▲
Destroys the cursor.
QBitmap QCursor::bitmap() const▲
Returns the cursor bitmap, or a null bitmap if it is one of the standard cursors.
QPoint QCursor::hotSpot() const▲
Returns the cursor hot spot, or (0, 0) if it is one of the standard cursors.
QBitmap QCursor::mask() const▲
Returns the cursor bitmap mask, or a null bitmap if it is one of the standard cursors.
QPixmap QCursor::pixmap() const▲
Returns the cursor pixmap. This is only valid if the cursor is a pixmap cursor.
[static] QPoint QCursor::pos()▲
Returns the position of the cursor (hot spot) of the primary screen in global screen coordinates.
You can call QWidget::mapFromGlobal() to translate it to widget coordinates.
The position is queried from the windowing system. If mouse events are generated via other means (e.g., via QWindowSystemInterface in a unit test), those fake mouse moves will not be reflected in the returned value.
On platforms where there is no windowing system or cursors are not available, the returned position is based on the mouse move events generated via QWindowSystemInterface.
See Also▲
See also setPos(), QWidget::mapFromGlobal(), QWidget::mapToGlobal(), QGuiApplication::primaryScreen()
[static] QPoint QCursor::pos(const QScreen *screen)▲
Returns the position of the cursor (hot spot) of the screen in global screen coordinates.
You can call QWidget::mapFromGlobal() to translate it to widget coordinates.
See Also▲
See also setPos(), QWidget::mapFromGlobal(), QWidget::mapToGlobal()
[static] void QCursor::setPos(int x, int y)▲
Moves the cursor (hot spot) of the primary screen to the global screen position (x, y).
You can call QWidget::mapToGlobal() to translate widget coordinates to global screen coordinates.
See Also▲
See also pos(), QWidget::mapFromGlobal(), QWidget::mapToGlobal(), QGuiApplication::primaryScreen()
[static] void QCursor::setPos(QScreen *screen, int x, int y)▲
Moves the cursor (hot spot) of the screen to the global screen position (x, y).
You can call QWidget::mapToGlobal() to translate widget coordinates to global screen coordinates.
Calling this function results in changing the cursor position through the windowing system. The windowing system will typically respond by sending mouse events to the application's window. This means that the usage of this function should be avoided in unit tests and everywhere where fake mouse events are being injected via QWindowSystemInterface because the windowing system's mouse state (with regards to buttons for example) may not match the state in the application-generated events.
On platforms where there is no windowing system or cursors are not available, this function may do nothing.
See Also▲
See also pos(), QWidget::mapFromGlobal(), QWidget::mapToGlobal()
[static] void QCursor::setPos(const QPoint &p)▲
This is an overloaded function.
Moves the cursor (hot spot) to the global screen position at point p.
[static] void QCursor::setPos(QScreen *screen, const QPoint &p)▲
This is an overloaded function.
Moves the cursor (hot spot) to the global screen position of the screen at point p.
void QCursor::setShape(Qt::CursorShape shape)▲
Sets the cursor to the shape identified by shape.
See Qt::CursorShape for the list of cursor shapes.
See Also▲
See also shape()
Qt::CursorShape QCursor::shape() const▲
[since 5.7] void QCursor::swap(QCursor &other)▲
Swaps this cursor with the other cursor.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.7.
QVariant QCursor::operator QVariant() const▲
Returns the cursor as a QVariant.
QCursor &QCursor::operator=(const QCursor &c)▲
Assigns c to this cursor and returns a reference to this cursor.
[since 5.2] QCursor &QCursor::operator=(QCursor &&other)▲
Move-assigns other to this QCursor instance.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.2.
Related Non-Members▲
[since 5.10] bool operator!=(const QCursor &lhs, const QCursor &rhs)▲
Inequality operator. Returns the equivalent of !(lhs == rhs).
This function was introduced in Qt 5.10.
See Also▲
See also operator==(const QCursor &lhs, const QCursor &rhs)
QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &stream, const QCursor &cursor)▲
[since 5.10] bool operator==(const QCursor &lhs, const QCursor &rhs)▲
Equality operator. Returns true if lhs and rhs have the same shape() and, in the case of bitmap cursors, the same hotSpot() and either the same pixmap() or the same bitmap() and mask().
When comparing bitmap cursors, this function only compares the bitmaps' cache keys, not each pixel.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.10.
See Also▲
See also operator!=(const QCursor &lhs, const QCursor &rhs)
QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &stream, QCursor &cursor)▲
Obsolete Members for QCursor▲
The following members of class QCursor are deprecated. We strongly advise against using them in new code.
Obsolete Member Function Documentation▲
[since 5.15] QBitmap QCursor::bitmap(Qt::ReturnByValueConstant) const▲
This function is deprecated. We strongly advise against using it in new code.
Use the overload without argument instead.
Returns the cursor bitmap, or a null bitmap if it is one of the standard cursors.
Previously, Qt provided a version of bitmap() which returned the bitmap by-pointer. That version is now removed. To maintain compatibility with old code, this function was provided to differentiate between the by-pointer function and the by-value function.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.15.
[since 5.15] QBitmap QCursor::mask(Qt::ReturnByValueConstant) const▲
This function is deprecated. We strongly advise against using it in new code.
Use the overload without argument instead.
Returns the cursor bitmap mask, or a null bitmap if it is one of the standard cursors.
Previously, Qt provided a version of mask() which returned the bitmap by-pointer. That version is now removed. To maintain compatibility with old code, this function was provided to differentiate between the by-pointer function and the by-value function.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.15.