Custom cursor for entire WPF application

Question

I am trying to get a custom cursor for my WPF application. I already have the .cur file in the Resources. In the xaml, I mentioned the resource dictionary something like this:

<Window.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary>
            <FrameworkElement x:Key="KinectCursor" Cursor="Resources/KinectCursor.cur"/>
            <FrameworkElement x:Key="KinectCursor16" Cursor="Resources/KinectCursor16.cur"/>
        </ResourceDictionary>
    </Window.Resources>

In the code-behind, I tried to the set the Mouse.OverrdeCursor property to this cursor but it is throwing exceptions.

 private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            //Mouse.OverrideCursor = this.Resources["KinectCursor"].Cursor;
            Mouse.OverrideCursor = ((FrameworkElement)this.Resources["KinectCursor"]).Cursor;
            //DisplayArea.Cursor = Cursors.Hand;
        }

Exception Message:

XAMLParseException occured.
'Provide value on 'System.Windows.Baml2006.TypeConverterMarkupExtension' 
threw an exception.' Line number '7' and line position '14'.

StayOnTarget · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-22 16:00:56Z

2

This error occurrs sometimes if you pass a wrong relative icon path. Try to do it like this:

...
<FrameworkElement 
    x:Key="KinectCursor" 
    Cursor="pack://application:,,,/(AssemblyName);component/Resources/KinectCursor.cur"/>
...

edited Mar 22, 2021 at 16:00

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answered Jan 28, 2012 at 15:36

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