Java AWT | Cursor class with examples

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Cursor class is a part of Java AWT package and it is used to create custom cursors or inherit system or predefined cursors.
Cursor class is mainly used to encapsulate the bitmap representation of the mouse cursor.

Constructor of cursor class are :

Cursor(int t) : Creates a cursor with specified class
Cursor(String name) : Creates a custom cursor with specified name.

Commonly used methods

method	explanation
getDefaultCursor()	return the system default cursor.
getName()	returns the name of this cursor.
getPredefinedCursor(int t)	returns a cursor object with the specified predefined type.
getSystemCustomCursor(String n)	returns a system-specific custom cursor object matching the specified name.
getType()	returns the type for this cursor
toString()	returns a string representation of this cursor.
createCustomCursor(Image i, Point p, String name)	create a custom cursor with a image and name specified .

1. Program to apply some predefined and system cursors to components (label)

// Java  Program to apply some predefined and system cursors to components (label)
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
class cursor extends JFrame {
    // frame
    static JFrame f;
  
    // label
    static Label l, l1, l2;
  
    // default constructor
    cursor()
    {
    }
  
    // main class
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        try {
            // create a frame
            f = new JFrame("cursor");
  
            // create e panel
            JPanel p = new JPanel();
  
            // create labels
            l = new Label("label one");
            l1 = new Label("label two");
            l2 = new Label("label three");
  
            // create cursors
            Cursor c = new Cursor(CROSSHAIR_CURSOR);
            Cursor c1 = new Cursor(HAND_CURSOR);
  
            // get System cursor
            Cursor c2 = Cursor.getSystemCustomCursor("Invalid.32x32");
  
            // set cursor
            l.setCursor(c);
            l1.setCursor(c1);
            l2.setCursor(c2);
  
            // add labels to panel
            p.add(l);
            p.add(l1);
            p.add(l2);
  
            // add panel to the frame
            f.add(p);
  
            // show the frame
            f.show();
            f.setSize(250, 300);
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

Output :

2. Program to add all predefined cursors to a choice

// Java Program to add all predefined cursors to a choice
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
class cursor extends JFrame implements ItemListener {
    // frame
    static JFrame f;
  
    // labels
    static Label l;
  
    // create a choice
    static Choice c;
  
    // default constructor
    cursor()
    {
    }
  
    // main class
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        // create a frame
        f = new JFrame("cursor");
  
        // create e panel
        JPanel p = new JPanel();
  
        // create a choice
        c = new Choice();
  
        // add items to choice
        for (int i = 0; i < 14; i++)
            c.add(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(i).getName());
  
        // object of class
        cursor cu = new cursor();
  
        // create a label
        l = new Label(" label one ");
  
        // add item listener to the choice
        c.addItemListener(cu);
  
        // add labels to panel
        p.add(l);
        p.add(c);
  
        // add panel to the frame
        f.add(p);
  
        // show the frame
        f.show();
        f.setSize(250, 300);
    }
  
    // if an item of choice is selected
    public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e)
    {
        // set the cursor
        l.setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(c.getSelectedIndex()));
    }
}

Output :

3. program to create a custom cursor and add it to labels

// Java program to create a custom cursor and add it to labels
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
class cursor extends JFrame {
    // frame
    static JFrame f;
  
    // label
    static Label l, l1, l2;
  
    // default constructor
    cursor()
    {
        // create a frame
        f = new JFrame("cursor");
  
        // create e panel
        JPanel p = new JPanel();
  
        // extract image
        // the files gfg.jpg and gfg.png contains image of cursor
        Image i = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("f:\\gfg.jpg");
        Image i1 = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("f:\\gfg.png");
  
        // point p
        Point p11 = new Point(0, 0);
  
        // create labels
        l = new Label("label one");
        l1 = new Label("label two");
  
        // create cursors
        Cursor c = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createCustomCursor(i, p11, "cursor1");
        Cursor c1 = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createCustomCursor(i1, p11, "cursor2");
  
        // set cursor
        l.setCursor(c);
        l1.setCursor(c1);
  
        // add labels to panel
        p.add(l);
        p.add(l1);
  
        // add panel to the frame
        f.add(p);
  
        // show the frame
        f.show();
        f.setSize(250, 300);
    }
  
    // main class
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        cursor c = new cursor();
    }
}