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Can I change the the mouse cursor to a different image when the mouse moves over a specific component in Java?

Created May 4, 2012

Simon Brown

All you need to do is add a mouse listener to your component and implement the mouseEntered and mouseExited methods to set and unset the cursor respectively. Here's an example : 


myComponent.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
  public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
    myComponent.setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.HAND_CURSOR));
  }

  public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
    myComponent.setCursor(Cursor.getDefaultCursor());
  }
});