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Panorama (xdt3) Desktop resources

Resources for specifying cursor appearance

The following resources control the appearance of the xdt3 cursor under various circumstances. The default cursors are built into the Desktop, but any of them can be redefined.

Each type of cursor has a data and mask pixmap component associated with it. Together, these components form a cursor shape. The data pixmap defines the image associated with the cursor and the mask pixmap defines the shape upon which the data pixmap is drawn. To modify a cursor's appearance, you must specify both a data and a mask pixmap for the cursor. If only one pixmap is specified, the resource is ignored.

The first element in each cursor resource specification indicates the type of cursor that you want to define. The different cursors are defined as follows:


alert
when an alert box is displayed (except within the text entry field)

bgTrigger
when a user clicks on the background

busy
when xdt3 is processing

drag
when a single icon is being dragged

fatal
when an error box is displayed (except within the box)

iconTrigger
when a user clicks on an icon to select it

idle
when xdt3 is waiting for the user to perform a task

multiDrag
when more than one icon is being dragged

rubber
when a user is using ``rubberbanding'' to select one or more icons

Cursor appearance resources

Data pixmap
Mask pixmap Name Class File Name
Class File        
alert.data Cursor.Bitmap explode_d.xbm alert.mask Cursor.Bitmap explode_m.xbm
bgTrigger.data Cursor.Bitmap grip_d.xbm bgTrigger.mask Cursor.Bitmap grip_m.xbm
busy.data Cursor.Bitmap wait_d.xbm busy.mask Cursor.Bitmap wait_m.xbm
drag.data Cursor.Bitmap drag_d.xbm drag.mask Cursor.Bitmap drag_d.xbm
fatal.data Cursor.Bitmap fatal_d.xbm fatal.mask Cursor.Bitmap fatal_m.xbm
iconTrigger.data Cursor.Bitmap grip_d.xbm iconTrigger.mask Cursor.Bitmap grip_m.xbm
idle.data Cursor.Bitmap press_d.xbm idle.mask Cursor.Bitmap press_m.xbm
multiDrag.data Cursor.Bitmap mdrag_d.xbm multiDrag.mask Cursor.Bitmap mdrag_m.xbm
rubber.data Cursor.Bitmap grip_d.xbm rubber.data Cursor.Bitmap grip_m.xbm

All resources listed in ``Cursor appearance resources'' accept filenames as values. Unless an absolute pathname is specified, the default picture directory, as defined by the pictureDirectory resource, is searched for the specified file. To change the default picture directory, see ``Resources for changing default rule files and directories''. Pixmap files specify icon dimensions in pixels; no default values are assigned.

See ``Changing cursor appearance'' for more information on specifying the resources described in this section.


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