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Cursors.Help Property

Gets the Help cursor, which is a combination of an arrow and a question mark.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
public static Cursor Help { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Forms.Cursor
The Cursor that represents the Help cursor.

The following example demonstrates the Cursors class. To run this example place paste the following code in a form and call the InitializeRadioButtonsAndGroupBox method from the form's constructor or Load method. Ensure all events are connected to their event-handling methods.


	internal System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox GroupBox1;
	internal System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton RadioButton1;
	internal System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton RadioButton2;
	internal System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton RadioButton3;

	private void InitializeRadioButtonsAndGroupBox()
	{

		// Construct the GroupBox object.
		this.GroupBox1 = new GroupBox();

		// Construct the radio buttons.
		this.RadioButton1 = new System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton();
		this.RadioButton2 = new System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton();
		this.RadioButton3 = new System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton();

		// Set the location, tab and text for each radio button
		// to a cursor from the Cursors enumeration.
		this.RadioButton1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 24);
		this.RadioButton1.TabIndex = 0;
		this.RadioButton1.Text = "Help";
		this.RadioButton1.Tag = Cursors.Help;
		this.RadioButton1.TextAlign = ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter;

		this.RadioButton2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 56);
		this.RadioButton2.TabIndex = 1;
		this.RadioButton2.Text = "Up Arrow";
		this.RadioButton2.Tag = Cursors.UpArrow;
		this.RadioButton2.TextAlign = ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter;

		this.RadioButton3.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 80);
		this.RadioButton3.TabIndex = 3;
		this.RadioButton3.Text = "Cross";
		this.RadioButton3.Tag = Cursors.Cross;
		this.RadioButton3.TextAlign = ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter;
		
		
		// Add the radio buttons to the GroupBox.  
		this.GroupBox1.Controls.Add(this.RadioButton1);
		this.GroupBox1.Controls.Add(this.RadioButton2);
		this.GroupBox1.Controls.Add(this.RadioButton3);

		// Set the location of the GroupBox. 
		this.GroupBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(56, 64);
		this.GroupBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(200, 150);

		// Set the text that will appear on the GroupBox.
		this.GroupBox1.Text = "Choose a Cursor Style";
		//
		// Add the GroupBox to the form.
		this.Controls.Add(this.GroupBox1);
		//

	}


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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