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cursor
set [the] cursor to cursor
The cursor property sets the image that appears as the pointer on the screen.
Note: cursor is a set-only property. You cannot get the current value of the cursor from a script.
HyperCard provides a number of built-in cursors that you can use. (HyperCard automatically resets the cursor to the image for the current tool on idle—when no other action is happening.)
The built-in cursors are:
Ibeam(or1)cross(or2)plus(or3)watch(or4)handarrowbusynone
The busy cursor rotates an eighth of a turn each time you call it.
Examples
Demo Script
Placeholders
cursor
An expression, used to set the cursor property in a script, that evaluates to one of these names:
Additionally, the first four names can be referred to by number:
