Cursor.newFromName

gdk.cursor.Cursor newFromName(gdk.display.Display display, string name)

Creates a new cursor by looking up name in the current cursor theme.

A recommended set of cursor names that will work across different platforms can be found in the CSS specification:

"none"
![](default_cursor.png) "default"
![](help_cursor.png) "help"
![](pointer_cursor.png) "pointer"
![](context_menu_cursor.png) "context-menu"
![](progress_cursor.png) "progress"
![](wait_cursor.png) "wait"
![](cell_cursor.png) "cell"
![](crosshair_cursor.png) "crosshair"
![](text_cursor.png) "text"
![](vertical_text_cursor.png) "vertical-text"
![](alias_cursor.png) "alias"
![](copy_cursor.png) "copy"
![](no_drop_cursor.png) "no-drop"
![](move_cursor.png) "move"
![](not_allowed_cursor.png) "not-allowed"
![](grab_cursor.png) "grab"
![](grabbing_cursor.png) "grabbing"
![](all_scroll_cursor.png) "all-scroll"
![](col_resize_cursor.png) "col-resize"
![](row_resize_cursor.png) "row-resize"
![](n_resize_cursor.png) "n-resize"
![](e_resize_cursor.png) "e-resize"
![](s_resize_cursor.png) "s-resize"
![](w_resize_cursor.png) "w-resize"
![](ne_resize_cursor.png) "ne-resize"
![](nw_resize_cursor.png) "nw-resize"
![](sw_resize_cursor.png) "sw-resize"
![](se_resize_cursor.png) "se-resize"
![](ew_resize_cursor.png) "ew-resize"
![](ns_resize_cursor.png) "ns-resize"
![](nesw_resize_cursor.png) "nesw-resize"
![](nwse_resize_cursor.png) "nwse-resize"
![](zoom_in_cursor.png) "zoom-in"
![](zoom_out_cursor.png) "zoom-out"

Parameters

`display`	the #GdkDisplay for which the cursor will be created
`name`	the name of the cursor

Returns

a new #GdkCursor, or null if there is no

cursor with the given name