Cursors.Hand Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

Cursors.cs

Gets the hand cursor, typically used when hovering over a Web link.

C#

public static System.Windows.Forms.Cursor Hand { get; }

Property Value

Cursor

The Cursor that represents the hand cursor.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to override the Control.OnMouseHover method in a derived class and using the Hand property. To run the example, paste the following code in a new form and paste this class, forming the same file, after the form. Add a button of type FunButton to the form.

C#

public class FunButton:
    Button

{
    protected override void OnMouseHover(System.EventArgs e)
    {

        // Get the font size in Points, add one to the
        // size, and reset the button's font to the larger
        // size.
        float fontSize = Font.SizeInPoints;
        fontSize += 1;
        System.Drawing.Size buttonSize = Size;
        this.Font = new System.Drawing.Font(
            Font.FontFamily, fontSize, Font.Style);

        // Increase the size width and height of the button 
        // by 5 points each.
        Size = new System.Drawing.Size(Size.Width+5, Size.Height+5);

        // Call myBase.OnMouseHover to activate the delegate.
        base.OnMouseHover(e);
    }

    protected override void OnMouseMove(MouseEventArgs e)
    {

        // Make the cursor the Hand cursor when the mouse moves 
        // over the button.
        Cursor = Cursors.Hand;

        // Call MyBase.OnMouseMove to activate the delegate.
        base.OnMouseMove(e);
    }

Applies to

See also

• Cursor