Custom cursor image for a specific GUI element

[vx89]

Hey,

Just wanted to share a nasty little trick to have a custom cursor for a window (should also work with any other gui element):

function getImageReference(imagePath) 
    local staticImage = guiCreateStaticImage(0, 0, 0, 0, imagePath, false) 
    guiSetVisible(staticImage, false) 
    return guiGetProperty(staticImage, "Image") 
end 
  
  
local imgRef = getImageReference("client/img/mouse.png") 
local myWindow = guiCreateWindow( 0, 0, 0.5, 0.4, "Information", true)  -- create a window which has "Information" in the title bar. 
guiSetProperty(myWindow, "MouseCursorImage", imgRef) 
  

Too bad the very root window is not accessible (guiRoot) for guiSetProperty - but probably better for security reasons.

Also, it doesn't seem to be possible to make a click-through full screen window and use a custom cursor, because if you set "MousePassThroughEnabled" for a window property, then it will not catch mouse hovering and you won't get the custom cursor.

But still, maybe this is useful for someone.

[launemax]

Hy vs89,

you can use an image as cursor (and set the original cursor alpha to 0) like in this resource:

[REL] HeroCursor - Client Custom Cursor Management

and in addition you can switch the cursor image if the Events onClientMouseEnter and onClientMouseLeave trigger.

changeCC("normalcursor.png") 
  
addEventHandler( "onClientMouseEnter", myWindow, function() 
     changeCC("windowcursor.png") 
end) 
addEventHandler( "onClientMouseLeave", myWindow, function() 
     changeCC("normalcursor.png") 
end) 

[vx89]

Hey,

Yep, I read about that topic, and this was what triggered me to find alternative method (to actually override the cursor, not try to emulate own cursor). Was just looking into it for fun.