How to display default cursor in WPF

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Hi,

In one of the WPF application, I am setting cursor to Wait cursor with below code

Mouse.OverrideCursor = Windows.Input.Cursor.Wait

after some time I want to set it to default cursor.

Though in MSDN cursor class (System.Windows.Input.Cursor) default property is mentioned

I am not able to use it.

Is there any way to set the default cursor like we set in the form using Windows.Forms.Cursors.Default.

Appreciate the answer.

Vijay

Posted 19-Nov-12 14:31pm

Vijay hit

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Solution 3

You might use an extension method in a public static class

C#

public static void UseWaitCursor(this FrameworkElement fel)
        {
            Mouse.OverrideCursor=Cursors.Wait;
            fel.Dispatcher.InvokeAsync(() => { Mouse.OverrideCursor=null; }, System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherPriority.ApplicationIdle);
        }

Then its easy like:

C#

private void MainWindowLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
   {
     UseWaitCursor();
   ....
   }

Posted 4-Jun-14 4:20am

MatthiasPN

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-19T14:51:00

You can do this:

C#

System.Windows.Input.Cursor saveCursor = someFrameworkElement.Cursor;
someFrameworkElement.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;

and, at the end

C#

someFrameworkElement.Cursor = saveCursor;

Please also see my article where I show how to use using statement based in System.IDisposable to do such things:
Hourglass Mouse Cursor Always Changes Back to its Original Image. How?[^].

If works for both System.Windows.Forms and WPF.

Also, see more generic alternative to my solution, which I gladly accepted: Hourglass Mouse Cursor Always Changes Back to its Original Image. How?[^].

Is is based on the RAII pattern: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAII[^].

This is something which is very good to know.

Good luck,

—SA