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MouseCursor.Set
Sets the mouse cursor.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| Utility | 2.6 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No |
MBS( "MouseCursor.Set"; CursorName ) More
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| CursorName | The name of cursor you'd like to set. | "openHand" |
Result
Returns "OK" or error message.
Description
Sets the mouse cursor.As FileMaker loves to reset the cursor, you can't use it only in places where FileMaker does not reset it. Like in a script without pauses.
Cursor names allowed on macOS:
- arrow
- IBeam
- pointingHand
- closedHand
- openHand
- resizeLeft
- resizeRight
- resizeLeftRight
- resizeUp
- resizeDown
- resizeUpDown
- crosshair
- disappearingItem
- operationNotAllowed
- dragLink
- dragCopy
- contextualMenu
- AppStarting
- Arrow
- IBeam
- Hand
- OpenHand
- resizeLeftRight
- resizeUpDown
- crosshair
- operationNotAllowed
- Help
- SizeNESW
- SizeNS
- SizeNWSE
- SizeWE
- SizeAll
- UpArrow
- Wait
Examples
Set hand cursor:
MBS( "MouseCursor.Set"; "openHand" )
Set crosshair cursor:
MBS( "MouseCursor.Set"; "crosshair" )
See also
Blog Entries
This function is free to use.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 22nd April 2026
