Control.CursorChanged Event

Definition

Occurs when the value of the Cursor property changes.

public event EventHandler CursorChanged;
public event EventHandler? CursorChanged;

Event Type

Examples

The following code example demonstrates changing the mouse cursor using the Control.Cursor property, the Cursor class, and the Cursors class. The example creates a form that contains a ComboBox control, a Panel control, and a ListView control. The ComboBox contains all cursors provided by the Cursors class. When the user selects a mouse cursor in the ComboBox, the Control.Cursor property is set to the selected cursor, which updates the cursor for the Panel. The ListView is updated every time the Control.CursorChanged event occurs.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace MCursor
{
    public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
    {
        private System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox cursorSelectionComboBox;

        private System.Windows.Forms.Panel testPanel;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label2;
        private System.Windows.Forms.ListView cursorEventViewer;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label3;
        
        [STAThread]
        static void Main() 
        {
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }

        public Form1()
        {
            this.cursorSelectionComboBox = new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox();
            this.testPanel = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
            this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.label2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.cursorEventViewer = new System.Windows.Forms.ListView();
            this.label3 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();

            // Select Cursor Label
            this.label2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 16);
            this.label2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(80, 16);
            this.label2.Text = "Select cursor:";

            // Cursor Testing Panel Label
            this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 80);
            this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(144, 23);
            this.label1.Text = "Cursor testing panel:";

            // Cursor Changed Events Label
            this.label3.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(184, 16);
            this.label3.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(128, 16);
            this.label3.Text = "Cursor changed events:";
            
            // Cursor Selection ComboBox
            this.cursorSelectionComboBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 40);
            this.cursorSelectionComboBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(152, 21);
            this.cursorSelectionComboBox.TabIndex = 0;
            this.cursorSelectionComboBox.SelectedIndexChanged += 
                 new System.EventHandler(this.cursorSelectionComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged);

            // Cursor Test Panel
            this.testPanel.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ControlDark;
            this.testPanel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 104);
            this.testPanel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(152, 160);
            this.testPanel.CursorChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.testPanel_CursorChanged);

            // Cursor Event ListView
            this.cursorEventViewer.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(184, 40);
            this.cursorEventViewer.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(256, 224);
            this.cursorEventViewer.TabIndex = 4;
            this.cursorEventViewer.View = System.Windows.Forms.View.List;

            // Set up how the form should be displayed and add the controls to the form.
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(456, 286);
            this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                        this.label3, this.cursorEventViewer,
                                        this.label2, this.label1,
                                        this.testPanel, this.cursorSelectionComboBox});

            this.Text = "Cursors Example";

            // Add all the cursor types to the combobox.
            foreach (Cursor cursor in CursorList())
            {
                cursorSelectionComboBox.Items.Add(cursor);
            }
        }

        private Cursor [] CursorList()
        {

            // Make an array of all the types of cursors in Windows Forms.
            return new Cursor [] {
                                     Cursors.AppStarting, Cursors.Arrow, Cursors.Cross,
                                     Cursors.Default, Cursors.Hand, Cursors.Help,
                                     Cursors.HSplit, Cursors.IBeam, Cursors.No,
                                     Cursors.NoMove2D, Cursors.NoMoveHoriz, Cursors.NoMoveVert,
                                     Cursors.PanEast, Cursors.PanNE, Cursors.PanNorth,
                                     Cursors.PanNW, Cursors.PanSE, Cursors.PanSouth,
                                     Cursors.PanSW, Cursors.PanWest, Cursors.SizeAll,
                                     Cursors.SizeNESW, Cursors.SizeNS, Cursors.SizeNWSE,
                                     Cursors.SizeWE, Cursors.UpArrow, Cursors.VSplit, Cursors.WaitCursor};
        }

        private void cursorSelectionComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            // Set the cursor in the test panel to be the selected cursor style.
            testPanel.Cursor = (Cursor)cursorSelectionComboBox.SelectedItem;
        }

        private void testPanel_CursorChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            // Build up a string containing the type of object sending the event, and the event.
            string cursorEvent = string.Format("[{0}]: {1}", sender.GetType().ToString(), "Cursor changed");                
        
            // Record this event in the list view.
            this.cursorEventViewer.Items.Add(cursorEvent);
        }
    }
}

Remarks

This event is raised if the Cursor property is changed by either a programmatic modification or user interaction.

For more information about handling events, see Handling and Raising Events.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also