pods::SDL::Cursor(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				    pods::SDL::Cursor(3pm)

NAME

       SDL::Cursor - Mouse cursor structure

CATEGORY

       Core, Mouse, Structure

SYNOPSIS

	my $cursor = SDL::Cursor->new(
	    @data,
	    @mask,
	    $width,
	    $height,
	    $hotspot_left,
	    $hotspot_top
	);

	SDL::Mouse::set_cursor($cursor);

DESCRIPTION

       The "SDL::Cursor" module handles mouse cursors, and allows the developer to use custom-made cursors.  Note that cursors can only be in
       black and white.

METHODS

   new
	my $cursor = SDL::Cursor->new(
	    @data, @mask, $width, $height, $hotspot_left, $hotspot_top
	);

       Create a cursor using the specified data and mask (in MSB format).  The cursor is created in black and white according to the following:

	Data / Mask   Resulting pixel on screen
	   0 / 1      White
	   1 / 1      Black
	   0 / 0      Transparent
	   1 / 0      Inverted color if possible, black if not.

       If you want to have color cursor, then this function is not for you.  Instead, you should hide the cursor with
       "SDL::Mouse::show_cursor(SDL_DISABLE)".	Then in your main loop, when you draw graphics, draw a "SDL::Surface" at the location of the mouse
       cursor.

       Example:

	use SDL;
	use SDL::Video;
	use SDL::Mouse;
	use SDL::Cursor;

	SDL::init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
	SDL::Video::set_video_mode(640, 480, 16, SDL_SWSURFACE);

	my @data = (
	    0b00000000,
	    0b00111100,
	    0b01111110,
	    0b01111110,
	    0b01111110,
	    0b01111110,
	    0b00111100,
	    0b00000000
	);
	my @mask = (
	    0b00111100,
	    0b01111110,
	    0b11100111,
	    0b11000011,
	    0b11000011,
	    0b11100111,
	    0b01111110,
	    0b00111100
	);
	my $cursor = SDL::Cursor->new(@data, @mask, 8, 8, 0, 0);
	sleep(1);

	SDL::Mouse::set_cursor($cursor);
	sleep(5);

       The width of cursors work in groups of 8.  If the width is above 8, twice the amount of elements in @data and @mask are required.  If the
       width is above 16, three times are required, and so on.	For example, if you wanted a 9 pixel crosshair you might do the following:

	my @data = (
	    0b00001000,0b00000000,
	    0b00001000,0b00000000,
	    0b00001000,0b00000000,
	    0b00001000,0b00000000,
	    0b11111111,0b10000000,
	    0b00001000,0b00000000,
	    0b00001000,0b00000000,
	    0b00001000,0b00000000,
	    0b00001000,0b00000000,
	);
	my @mask = @data;

	my $cursor = SDL::Cursor->new(@data, @mask, 9, 9, 4, 4);

       The hotspot is offset by 4 pixels because a crosshair clicks from the center instead of the top left.

AUTHORS

       See "AUTHORS" in SDL.

SEE ALSO

       perl SDL::Mouse

perl v5.14.2							    2012-05-28						    pods::SDL::Cursor(3pm)