Control::UseWaitCursor Property

 

Gets or sets a value indicating whether to use the wait cursor for the current control and all child controls.

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

public:
[BrowsableAttribute(true)]
property bool UseWaitCursor {
	bool get();
	void set(bool value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean

true to use the wait cursor for the current control and all child controls; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Use a wait cursor whenever you perform an operation that takes a noticeable amount of time.However, note that operations that block the UI thread will also block acursor change.Therefore, this property should only be used when performing time-consuming operations in another thread. To change the cursor globally and immediately, seethe Current property.

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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