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Cursors

Written on November 13, 2022

The mouse pointer (or cursor) is represented by an arrow on the screen. Different cursors are available in macOS to indicate actions that the user can take with the mouse. See the NSCursor documentation for a list of all the available cursors.

import SwiftUI

struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        VStack(spacing: 25) {
            Text("Hover over each button to change cursor.")

            // i-beam cursor
            Button(" i-beam ") {}
                .onHover(perform: { hovering in
                    hovering ? NSCursor.iBeam.push() : NSCursor.pop()
                })

            // crosshair cursor
            Button(" crosshair ") { }
                .onHover(perform: { hovering in
                    hovering ? NSCursor.crosshair.push() : NSCursor.pop()
                })

            // close-hand cursor
            Button(" closed-hand ") { }
                .onHover(perform: { hovering in
                    hovering ? NSCursor.closedHand.push() : NSCursor.pop()
                })

            // open-hand cursor
            Button(" open-hand ") { }
                .onHover(perform: { hovering in
                    hovering ? NSCursor.openHand.push() : NSCursor.pop()
                })

            // pointing-hand cursor
            Button(" pointing-hand ") { }
                .onHover(perform: { hovering in
                    hovering ? NSCursor.pointingHand.push() : NSCursor.pop()
                })
        }
        .frame(width: 400, height: 300)
    }
}