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al_set_system_mouse_cursor(3alleg5) al_set_system_mouse_cursor(3alleg5)

al_set_system_mouse_cursor - Allegro 5 API

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
bool al_set_system_mouse_cursor(ALLEGRO_DISPLAY *display,

ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR cursor_id)

Set the given system mouse cursor to be the current mouse cursor for the given display. If the cursor is currently `shown' (as opposed to `hidden') the change is immediately visible.

If the cursor doesn’t exist on the current platform another cursor will be silently be substituted.

The cursors are:

ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_DEFAULT
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_ARROW
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_BUSY
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_QUESTION
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_EDIT
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_MOVE
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_RESIZE_N
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_RESIZE_W
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_RESIZE_S
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_RESIZE_E
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_RESIZE_NW
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_RESIZE_SW
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_RESIZE_SE
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_RESIZE_NE
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_PROGRESS
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_PRECISION
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_LINK
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_ALT_SELECT
ALLEGRO_SYSTEM_MOUSE_CURSOR_UNAVAILABLE

Returns true on success, false on failure.

al_set_mouse_cursor(3alleg5), al_show_mouse_cursor(3alleg5), al_hide_mouse_cursor(3alleg5)

Allegro reference manual