https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d1fde1822fee8b0f38d88e0061acadc48b1219d6 commit: d1fde1822fee8b0f38d88e0061acadc48b1219d6 branch: 3.15 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: serhiy-storchaka <[email protected]> date: 2026-07-05T14:24:25+03:00 summary:
[3.15] gh-76607: Improve documentation of the tkinter cursor option (GH-152481) (GH-153110) Link to the cursors(3tk) manual page for the available cursor names and note that they are platform-dependent. (cherry picked from commit ea5703735f2ff4ba7bc3b0c7e746a44cb9b25081) Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/tkinter.rst M Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst index a95cf3af5beeb1..0630828c164a72 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst @@ -737,6 +737,8 @@ Here are some examples of typical usage:: myapp.mainloop() +.. _Tk-option-data-types: + Tk option data types ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -770,12 +772,16 @@ color represent any legal hex digit. See page 160 of Ousterhout's book for details. cursor - The standard X cursor names from :file:`cursorfont.h` can be used, without the - ``XC_`` prefix. For example to get a hand cursor (``XC_hand2``), use the - string ``"hand2"``. You can also specify a bitmap and mask file of your own. + The name of the mouse cursor to display while the pointer is over the widget. + Tk provides a portable set of cursor names available on all platforms + (for example ``"arrow"``, ``"watch"``, ``"cross"``, or ``"hand2"``); + the standard X cursor names from :file:`cursorfont.h` may also be used, + without the ``XC_`` prefix (so ``XC_hand2`` becomes ``"hand2"``). + The full list of names, including the platform-specific ones, + is given in the :manpage:`cursors(3tk)` manual page. + You can also specify a bitmap and mask file of your own. On Windows a cursor file (:file:`.cur` or :file:`.ani`) may be used directly, giving its path preceded with an ``@``, as in ``"@C:/cursors/bart.ani"``. - See page 179 of Ousterhout's book. distance Screen distances can be specified in either pixels or absolute distances. diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst index 70abe7bb846543..13fead3e65ece7 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst @@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ All the :mod:`!ttk` Widgets accept the following options: | | read-only, and may only be specified when the window is | | | created. | +-----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ -| cursor | Specifies the mouse cursor to be used for the widget. If set | -| | to the empty string (the default), the cursor is inherited | -| | from the parent widget. | +| cursor | Specifies the mouse cursor to be used for the widget. See | +| | the *cursor* option type under :ref:`Tk-option-data-types`. | +| | If set to the empty string (the default), the cursor is | +| | inherited from the parent widget. | +-----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | takefocus | Determines whether the window accepts the focus during | | | keyboard traversal. 0, 1 or an empty string is returned. | _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
