Python Tkinter Cursors

Python Tkinter supports quite a number of different mouse cursors available. The exact graphic may vary according to your operating system.

Here is the list of interesting ones -

• "arrow"
• "circle"
• "clock"
• "cross"
• "dotbox"
• "exchange"
• "fleur"
• "heart"
• "heart"
• "man"
• "mouse"
• "pirate"
• "plus"
• "shuttle"
• "sizing"
• "spider"
• "spraycan"
• "star"
• "target"
• "tcross"
• "trek"
• "watch"

Example

Try the following example by moving the cursor on different buttons

from Tkinter import *
import Tkinter

top = Tkinter.Tk()

B1 = Tkinter.Button(top, text ="circle", relief=RAISED,\
                         cursor="circle")
B2 = Tkinter.Button(top, text ="plus", relief=RAISED,\
                         cursor="plus")
B1.pack()
B2.pack()
top.mainloop()

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