Flex Examples » setBusyCursor() http://blog.flexexamples.com Just a bunch of Adobe Flex Examples Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:09:51 +0000 en hourly 1 Changing the cursor in a Flex application using the CursorManager class http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/10/changing-the-cursor-in-a-flex-application-using-the-cursormanager-class/ http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/10/changing-the-cursor-in-a-flex-application-using-the-cursormanager-class/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:54:10 +0000 Peter deHaan http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/10/changing-the-cursor-in-a-flex-application-using-the-cursormanager-class/ The following code shows how you can toggle the “busy” cursor in Flex using the static setBusyCursor() and removeBusyCursor() methods in the CursorManager class, as well as using your own custom cursors by calling the static setCursor() and removeCursor() methods.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/10/changing-the-cursor-in-a-flex-application-using-the-cursormanager-class/ [...]]]> The following code shows how you can toggle the “busy” cursor in Flex using the static setBusyCursor() and removeBusyCursor() methods in the CursorManager class, as well as using your own custom cursors by calling the static setCursor() and removeCursor() methods.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/09/10/changing-the-cursor-in-a-flex-application-using-the-cursormanager-class/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">
 
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.managers.CursorManager;
 
            [Bindable]
            [Embed(source="assets/bug.png")]
            private var BugIcon:Class;
 
            [Bindable]
            [Embed(source="assets/bug_delete.png")]
            private var BugDeleteIcon:Class;
 
            private var cursorID:int;
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
 
    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Button label="setBusyCursor()"
                click="CursorManager.setBusyCursor();" />
        <mx:Button label="removeBusyCursor()"
                click="CursorManager.removeBusyCursor();" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>
 
    <mx:Button label="setCursor()"
            width="100"
            height="100"
            rollOver="cursorID = CursorManager.setCursor(BugIcon);"
            rollOut="CursorManager.removeCursor(cursorID);" />
 
</mx:Application>

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