Cursor.Current Property (System.Windows.Forms)

Current Property

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.NET Framework Class Library

Cursor..::.Current Property

Gets or sets a cursor object that represents the mouse cursor.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared Property Current As Cursor

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim value As Cursor

value = Cursor.Current

Cursor.Current = value

public static Cursor Current { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
static property Cursor^ Current {
    Cursor^ get ();
    void set (Cursor^ value);
}

JScript

public static function get Current () : Cursor
public static function set Current (value : Cursor)

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Forms..::.Cursor
A Cursor that represents the mouse cursor. The default is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if the mouse cursor is not visible.

Remarks

Setting the Current property changes the cursor currently displayed. The application may or may not continue to listen for mouse events. To signal that the application should not respond to mouse events during a long-running operation, use the UseWaitCursor property. In most cases, however, it's better to use a background thread to manage a long-running operation, and leave your user interface accessible to the user. For more information on easily implementing a background task, see BackgroundWorker.

.NET Framework Security

UIPermission
for safe subwindows to set this property. Associated enumeration: UIPermissionWindow..::.SafeSubWindows

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

Cursor Class

Cursor Members

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

DoEvents