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Re: Changing or hiding the cursor in a background app?

Thanks, Eric. I have an old bug specifically requesting that background apps with NSStatusItems be given a way to reliably manipulate the cursor (3260283) - particularly over its own UI elements (e.g. a window or menu).  I wrote this in a general way because I don't care as much about having total control over the cursor. I just want control over the cursor when it makes sense to the user that I have it (above my UI).

If somebody else feels strongly about being able to display a cursor in general, even without specific UI (e.g. matching the abilities of the built-in screen capture utility), then I suggest they report a separate bug asking specifically for that wide-sweeping behavior. One way to ask for it would be to say "Please expose the 'SetsCursorInBackground' CGS connection property as public API."

Daniel

On Jan 19, 2006, at 12:50 AM, Eric Schlegel wrote:

There's no less tweaky way of doing this, but I think we might have a bug report requesting the ability to do this in an official manner already. It would be helpful (if you haven't already) to file another bug, just to make sure - send me the bug number if you do. Always a good idea to file a bug requesting an official way to do something when you find yourself wanting to use SPI.


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