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Control::CursorChanged Event

Occurs when the value of the Cursor property changes.

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

public:
 event EventHandler^ CursorChanged {
	void add (EventHandler^ value);
	void remove (EventHandler^ value);
}

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 Consuming Events.

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.dll>
#using <System.Windows.Forms.dll>
#using <System.Drawing.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Drawing;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;

namespace MCursor
{
   public ref class Form1: public System::Windows::Forms::Form
   {
   private:
      System::Windows::Forms::ComboBox^ cursorSelectionComboBox;
      System::Windows::Forms::Panel^ testPanel;
      System::Windows::Forms::Label ^ label1;
      System::Windows::Forms::Label ^ label2;
      System::Windows::Forms::ListView^ cursorEventViewer;
      System::Windows::Forms::Label ^ label3;

   public:
      Form1()
      {
         this->cursorSelectionComboBox = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::ComboBox;
         this->testPanel = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Panel;
         this->label1 = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label;
         this->label2 = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label;
         this->cursorEventViewer = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::ListView;
         this->label3 = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label;

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

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

         // Cursor Changed Events Label
         this->label3->Location = System::Drawing::Point( 184, 16 );
         this->label3->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 128, 16 );
         this->label3->Text = "Cursor changed events:";

         // Cursor Selection ComboBox
         this->cursorSelectionComboBox->Location = System::Drawing::Point( 24, 40 );
         this->cursorSelectionComboBox->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 152, 21 );
         this->cursorSelectionComboBox->TabIndex = 0;
         this->cursorSelectionComboBox->SelectedIndexChanged += gcnew System::EventHandler( this, &Form1::cursorSelectionComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged );

         // Cursor Test Panel
         this->testPanel->BackColor = System::Drawing::SystemColors::ControlDark;
         this->testPanel->Location = System::Drawing::Point( 24, 104 );
         this->testPanel->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 152, 160 );
         this->testPanel->CursorChanged += gcnew System::EventHandler( this, &Form1::testPanel_CursorChanged );

         // Cursor Event ListView
         this->cursorEventViewer->Location = System::Drawing::Point( 184, 40 );
         this->cursorEventViewer->Size = 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 = System::Drawing::Size( 456, 286 );
         array<System::Windows::Forms::Control^>^temp0 = {this->label3,this->cursorEventViewer,this->label2,this->label1,this->testPanel,this->cursorSelectionComboBox};
         this->Controls->AddRange( temp0 );
         this->Text = "Cursors Example";

         // Add all the cursor types to the combobox.
         System::Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum = CursorList()->GetEnumerator();
         while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
         {
            System::Windows::Forms::Cursor^ cursor = safe_cast<System::Windows::Forms::Cursor^>(myEnum->Current);
            cursorSelectionComboBox->Items->Add( cursor );
         }
      }


   private:
      array<System::Windows::Forms::Cursor^>^ CursorList()
      {

         // Make an array of all the types of cursors in Windows Forms.
         array<System::Windows::Forms::Cursor^>^temp1 = {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};
         return temp1;
      }

      void cursorSelectionComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged( Object^ /*sender*/, System::EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
      {

         // Set the cursor in the test panel to be the selected cursor style.
         testPanel->Cursor = dynamic_cast<System::Windows::Forms::Cursor^>(cursorSelectionComboBox->SelectedItem);
      }

      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(), "Cursor changed" );

         // Record this event in the list view.
         this->cursorEventViewer->Items->Add( cursorEvent );
      }

   };

}


[STAThread]
int main()
{
   Application::Run( gcnew MCursor::Form1 );
}



.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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