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noodlesgc

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« on: November 02, 2009, 04:54:38 am »
Is it possible to change the cursor in SFML?
I suppose a crude hack way to do it would be to hide the cursor, and just track a sprite to mouse coordinates.
Is there a better way to do it?



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« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2009, 08:04:30 am »
No, this is the best solution to do it (and the only one). Why do you think it is a hack?
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« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2009, 08:40:13 pm »
How would you hide the cursor  :?:

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« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2009, 08:45:52 pm »
sfmlWindow.ShowMouseCursor(false);

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« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2009, 03:58:35 am »
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No, this is the best solution to do it (and the only one). Why do you think it is a hack?


I don't know, it just feels weird. It feels like there should be a SetCursorSprite function somwhere.

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« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2009, 07:30:25 am »
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I don't know, it just feels weird. It feels like there should be a SetCursorSprite function somwhere.

And then what? It would be implemented using the same "hack" ;)
There's no such function in the low-level OS API, if that's what you have in mind.
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