Cursor.newFromName

gdk.cursor.Cursor newFromName(string name, gdk.cursor.Cursor fallback = null)

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

namethe name of the cursor
fallbacknull or the [gdk.cursor.Cursor] to fall back to when this one cannot be supported

Returns

a new [gdk.cursor.Cursor], or null if there is no

cursor with the given name