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wx.Cursor
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Inheritance diagram for `wx.Cursor`:

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.. inheritance-diagram:: wx.Cursor

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Description
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A cursor is a small bitmap usually used for denoting where the mouse pointer is, with a picture 
that might indicate the interpretation of a mouse click. As with icons, cursors in X and MS Windows 
are created in a different manner. Therefore, separate cursors will be created for the different environments. 

Platform-specific methods for creating a `wx.Cursor` object are catered for, and this is an occasion where 
conditional compilation will probably be required (see `wx.Icon <wx.Icon.html>`_ for an example).

A single cursor object may be used in many windows (any subwindow type). The wxWidgets convention is to set 
the cursor for a window, as in X, rather than to set it globally as in MS Windows, although a global 
`wx.SetCursor <../wxFunctions.html#SetCursor>`_ is also available for MS Windows use.


.. seealso:: `wx.Bitmap <wx.Bitmap.html>`_, `wx.Icon <wx.Icon.html>`_, `wx.Window.SetCursor <wx.Window.html#SetCursor>`_, 
   `wx.SetCursor <../wxFunctions.html#SetCursor>`_


Derived From
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* `wx.Bitmap <wx.Bitmap.html>`_ 
* `wx.GDIObject <wx.GDIObject.html>`_ 
* `wx.Object <wx.Object.html>`_ 


Methods Summary
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* `__init__ <#__init__>`_ 

Class API
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Methods
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.. method:: __init__(cursorName, type, hotSpotX=0, hotSpotY=0)

   Construct a Cursor from a file.  Specify the type of file using
   ``wx.BITMAP_TYPE*`` constants, and specify the hotspot if not using a *.cur* file.
   
   **Parameters:**

   * `cursorName` (string)
   * `type` (long)
   * `hotSpotX` (int)
   * `hotSpotY` (int)

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   **Returns:**

   `wx.Cursor <wx.Cursor.html>`_