[2005] Helpcursor on a ToolStripMenuItem

Hi all,


I have a ToolStripMenu in my application. I would like to change the
cusor from default to help cursor when i click on a item in the
ToolStripMenu. I was successfully able to change the cusor, but when
moved the cursor on certain items, the cursor again changes to default.
When moved away from such items, cursor changes to help cursor. I later
found that the help cursor remains unchanged for items which has help
for those items are enabled.


So when i move the help cursor to a toolstripmenu item, cursor changes
to default cursor. I would like to know how to avoid this change in
cursor when moved to toolstripmenu item as there is no property to
enable help for a toolstripmenu item.


I would appreciate your help in this regard.


Thanks,


Sugan

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Originally Posted by vsugan_work

Hi all,


I have a ToolStripMenu in my application. I would like to change the
cusor from default to help cursor when i click on a item in the
ToolStripMenu. I was successfully able to change the cusor, but when
moved the cursor on certain items, the cursor again changes to default.
When moved away from such items, cursor changes to help cursor. I later
found that the help cursor remains unchanged for items which has help
for those items are enabled.


So when i move the help cursor to a toolstripmenu item, cursor changes
to default cursor. I would like to know how to avoid this change in
cursor when moved to toolstripmenu item as there is no property to
enable help for a toolstripmenu item.


I would appreciate your help in this regard.


Thanks,


Sugan

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Hi,

You can change your cursor this way;

VB Code:

Me.Cursor = Cursors.HelpCursor

Or

VB Code:

Me.Cursor = Cursors.Default

Wkr,

sparrow1

Quote:

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Originally Posted by sparrow1

Hi,

You can change your cursor this way;

VB Code:

Me.Cursor = Cursors.HelpCursor

Or

VB Code:

Me.Cursor = Cursors.Default

Wkr,

sparrow1

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I'm using VB 2005. I used something like this

Me.cursor = system.windows.forms.curosrs.help

The problem is mouse pointer gets changed to a help cursor in the above code , but it agains changes to the default pointer when the pointer hovers over items which has not enabled help through help provider component. So i enabled help for all the components. Then mouse pointer remained as help cursor. But ToolStripMenu item does not have any help property. So when the pointer hovers over the menu, it reverts back to the default pointer.

Thanks,
Sugan

Try this then...

VB Code:

Private Sub ToolStrip1_MouseHover(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStrip1.MouseHover
        Me.Cursor = Cursors.Help
    End Sub

Actually i don't want the cursor to be a help cursor all the time. I have a item "Whatis this" in Help Menu. Only after clicking this the cursor has to change to a help cursor. When the user clicks on any item with this cursor, the event handler recognizes the type of cursor. If it is help cursor, it would open up appropriate help. If it is a default cursor it would do the normal functionality.

Thanks,
Sugan