How to hide cursor in a Swing application?

by

It appears that the Cursor class does not have a “blank” cursor to begin with, so one could define a new “blank” cursor using the Toolkit.createCustomCursor method.

Here’s one way I’ve tried which seems to work:

// Transparent 16 x 16 pixel cursor image.
BufferedImage cursorImg = new BufferedImage(16, 16, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);

// Create a new blank cursor.
Cursor blankCursor = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createCustomCursor(
    cursorImg, new Point(0, 0), "blank cursor");

// Set the blank cursor to the JFrame.
mainJFrame.getContentPane().setCursor(blankCursor);

Edit

Regarding the comment about everything inside the JFrame ending up without a cursor, it seems that the Components which are contained in the JFrame will end up inheriting the cursor of the container (the JFrame), so if it is a requirement to have a certain Component have the cursor appear, one would have to manually set the desired cursor.

For example, if there is a JPanel contained in the JFrame, then one could set the cursor of that JPanel to the system’s default using the Cursor.getDefaultCursor method:

JPanel p = ...
// Sets the JPanel's cursor to the system default.
p.setCursor(Cursor.getDefaultCursor());

More Related Contents:

  1. Most simple code to populate JTable from ResultSet
  2. Is it possible to have an autocomplete using jtextfield and a Jlist?
  3. Show an animated BG in Swing
  4. How to make a JFrame Modal in Swing java
  5. rotating coordinate plane for data and text in Java
  6. How does paintComponent work?
  7. “Always on Top” Windows with Java
  8. Rotating BufferedImage instances
  9. How to change the color of titlebar in JFrame?
  10. Zoom box for area around mouse location on screen [closed]
  11. Adding multiple JProgressBar to TableColumn of JTable
  12. ActionListener for a specific text inside a JTextArea?
  13. Java, change a cell content as a function of another cell in the same row
  14. How to set the orientation of JTextArea from right to left (inside JOptionPane)
  15. StackOverflowError when serializing an object in Java
  16. Create the square, rectangle, triangle of java in jframe [closed]
  17. Adding a Scrollable JTextArea (Java)
  18. Animations when using Gridbag Layout.
  19. Why are my items not showing up in JFrame?
  20. JTable enter key
  21. Infinite background for game
  22. How to slowly change object color from one to another?
  23. Java Container remove method not working correctly
  24. How to add an image to a JFrame title bar?
  25. Need better logic for TicTacToe
  26. How to change the color of specific words in a JTextPane?
  27. Image resizing and displaying in a JPanel or a JLabel without loss of quality
  28. Why is itemStateChanged on JComboBox is called twice when changed?
  29. Can a Jtable save data whenever a cell loses focus?
  30. All JFrame freeze while do JavaMail

Leave a Comment