Change mousepointer in Windows forms to an hourglass? 1

[dlombardi]

I am trying to do something simple like change the mousepointer to an hourglass then back to an arrow at the end of a function. I'm using VB.NET

 

[RiverGuy]

Me.Cursor = System.Windows.Forms.Cursors.WaitCursor

 

[mattyboy2000]

This will change the cursor for the backform but not the controls. If you move the mouse over a button or textbox the pointer will turn back

Try

Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor

But this also changes back if you alt and tab to another application.

Not sure what is the correct way

Matt

 

[RiverGuy]

Me.Cursor = System.Windows.Forms.Cursors.WaitCursor
Dim i As Integer
Do Until i = Me.Controls.Count
Me.Controls(i).Cursor = System.Windows.Forms.Cursors.WaitCursor
i = i + 1
Loop

 

[mattyboy2000]

Surely that is a little intensive on resources especially if you have a lot of controls on the form.

But it'll do for me.

Ta

 

[RiverGuy]

Intensive? Even at 1000 controls, I don't think it is very intesive to change the properties of them. Probably much less intensive than loading up the form initially with all the controls.

 

[rek12]

This may help you........

I was using a datagrid and wanted the hand cursor to show up whenever I moved it up and down the rows displayed in my datagrid. I used the mousemove event of the datagrid to change my cursor like this...
"me.datagrid1.cursor = cursors.hand"

This would work only when I first entered the grid but as soon as I moved it up or down a row it would go back to the default cursor. I resolved this by putting both..

"me.datagrid1.cursor = cursors.hand"
"me.cursor = cursors.hand"

in the mousemove event and then created the mouseleave event of the datagrid to return the cursor to the default. This resolved the problem.