p5.js cursor() Function

The cursor() function in p5.js is used to set the cursor to a predefined symbol or an image or it makes visible if already hidden. To set an image as the cursor, the recommended size is 16×16 or 32×32 pixels. The values for parameters x and y must be less than the dimensions of the image.

Syntax:

cursor(type, x, y)

Parameters: This function accepts three parameters as mentioned above and described below:

• type: This parameter stores the type of cursor like ARROW, CROSS, HAND, MOVE, TEXT and WAIT Native CSS properties: ‘grab’, ‘progress’, ‘cell’ etc. External: path for cursor’s images (Allowed File extensions: .cur, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png).
• x: This parameter stores the horizontal active spot of the cursor.
• y: This parameter stores the vertical active spot of the cursor.

Below program illustrates the cursor() function in p5.js:

Example: This example uses cursor() function to display the cursor.

function setup() {

    // Create canvas
    createCanvas(400, 400);

    // Set the text size
    textSize(40);

    // Set the text alignment
    // to center
    textAlign(CENTER);
}

function draw() {
    cursor('https://s3.amazonaws.com/mupublicdata/cursor.cur');
}

Output:

Reference: https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/cursor