Animated cursor in tkinter python

Question

Is it possible to use animated cursors in tkinter window like using custom cursor with widgets. To use custom ani cursors on root window of tkinter file

Thanks in advance :D

Offtopic: it reminds me time when the only fun on Windows was change cursor to banana. — Olvin Roght
– Olvin Roght, Commented Jul 15, 2020 at 18:00
This page says that for Windows it should be possilble to use custom .CUR or .ANI files: wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/cursors — Ronald
– Ronald, Commented Jul 15, 2020 at 18:11
@Ronald is der a way to set cursor for the whole root window rather than jus widgets — Delrius Euphoria
– Delrius Euphoria, Commented Jul 15, 2020 at 18:49
@Cool Cloud: yes, the root window (or whatever you called it) has the method root.config(cursor='some_cursor' . See for example Displaying a Busy Cursor on effbot. — Ronald
– Ronald, Commented Jul 15, 2020 at 18:57
It is barely an answer, just a reference to a a page where you can find the answer ;-). Here you can find all built-in cursors: tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4/TkCmd/cursors.htm. Quite a lot... — Ronald
– Ronald, Commented Jul 15, 2020 at 19:52

milanbalazs · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-16 11:51:30Z

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You can do it. Almost all widgets have cursor parameter so you can change the cursor of widgets separately.

Code:

import tkinter as tk

root = tk.Tk()
root.geometry("500x500")
root.configure(cursor="heart")  # Default cursor on main window.

B1 = tk.Button(root, text="circle_cursor", cursor="circle")  # Cursor on Button widget
B1.pack()

root.mainloop()

Possible cursors:

answered Jul 16, 2020 at 11:51

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