How to create a custom cursor in Java

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to define your own custom image cursor for a swing component, using createCustomCursor() method in the Toolkit class which takes only three parameters, the Image object, the access point, and the cursor description.

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How to create a custom cursor in Java

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

class CustomCursor  extends JFrame
{   
    public CustomCursor()
    {
        showApp();
    }
  
    private void showApp()
    {
        setTitle("Custom cursor");
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        add(new JButton("Click here !"));
        
        try
        {
             setCursor(
                  Toolkit
                  .getDefaultToolkit()
                  .createCustomCursor(
                         new ImageIcon("my-cursor.png").getImage(),
                         new Point(0,0),
                         "My cursor"
                  )
             );
        }catch(Exception e){}

        setSize(300, 300);
        setVisible(true);
    }
    
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
            public void run()
            {
                new CustomCursor();
            }
        });
    }
}

Output:

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