If I remember correctly, visual cursor position is implemented in hardware. Software changes the cursor to use and the graphics hardware takes care of all the heavy lifting. This frees up the CPU and it leaves the screen in tact so it doesn't have to be redrawn when the cursor is moved. I guess not being able to capture it is the side affect. Perhaps screen capture software can detect which cursor image is being used? I don't think the hardware was setup to return the cursor image though.
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Tor Norbye <[email protected]> wrote: > But are you sure it's really capturing your cursor and not just > inserting the default system cursor image? In the builtin Grab > application, if you choose the default cursor instead of blank, it > will insert that image wherever your pointer is when the grab is > made. That way, if you want to show a screenshot of you clicking a > hyperlink, you can go in and pre-select the Link cursor, then grab a > screenshot, and so on. But it seems as though actually looking up the > cursor image in use (which can be an application-specific custom > image) is harder. Yes, we have some custom cursors in the JavaFX > Authoring Tool :) > > -- Tor > > On Jun 3, 11:37 am, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> > wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 6/3/10 17:59 , Tor Norbye wrote:> Capturing the cursor seems to be > very hard on some platforms. On > > > Mac I haven't found a single screenshot utility that can capture > > > the cursor itself. > > > > Curiously, I'm using SnapZ Pro X on Mac OS X and my problem is the > > opposite: I often forget to move the cursor off the area selected for > > the capture (or to disable the explicit option provided by the > > software to include it) so it appears when I don't want to (e.g. > http://bluebill.tidalwave.it/digitalAssets/0/285_blueBill-Android-0.1...). > > > > - -- > > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > > [email protected] > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAkwH9nAACgkQeDweFqgUGxdwHACfXGg39wqWtmmEZDQ/hy/bz50c > > wqgAniBO+lYO+D5sssSUO3ZcbILyVXDy > > =KqTP > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Robert Casto www.IWantFreeShipping.com Find Amazon Filler Items easily! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
