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Identifying the type of the current cursor in autohotkey

According to https://autohotkey.com/docs/Variables.htm#Cursor, the variable A_Cursor has the below values:

A_Cursor: AppStarting, Arrow, Cross, Help, IBeam, Icon, No, Size, SizeAll, SizeNESW, SizeNS, SizeNWSE, SizeWE, UpArrow, Wait, Unknown.

Is there a documentation (or even an image) or reference in which I can recognize to which shape their names correspond?

For some of these names, like Arrow or UpArrow I can recognize them. But not for all. I would like to recognize the type of my current cursor.

Solution

  • List of cursor types, based on AutoHotkey help:

    Names/alternate names from the following sources: 

    AppStarting [Working In Background][Wait] - pointer + hourglass
Arrow [Normal Select] - pointer (triangle + stem)
Cross [Precision Select][Crosshair] - plus sign
Help [Help Select] - pointer + question mark
IBeam [Text Select][Beam] - capital I with crossbars
Icon - (not used)
No [Unavailable] - no entry sign
Size - (not used)
SizeAll [Move] - plus sign with 4 arrowheads
SizeNESW [Diagonal Resize 1] - slash with 2 arrowheads
SizeNS [Vertical Resize] - vertical bar with 2 arrowheads
SizeNWSE [Diagonal Resize 2] - backslash with 2 arrowheads
SizeWE [Horizontal Resize] - horizontal bar with 2 arrowheads
UpArrow [Alternate Select] - vertical bar with 1 up arrowhead
Wait [Busy] - hourglass (or rotating torus)
Unknown - (various e.g. pointing hand, grabbing hand, pen)
e.g. Unknown [Handwriting][NWPen] - pen
e.g. Unknown [Hand][Link Select] - pointing hand (back of hand with extended index finger)

    (In Windows 7: Control Panel, type Mouse in search box, click Mouse, click Pointers tab)
    List from Mouse Properties, Pointers, Scheme, None (Windows 7):

    Normal Select
Help Select
Working In Background
Busy
Precision Select
Text Select
Handwriting
Unavailable
Vertical Resize
Horizontal Resize
Diagonal Resize 1
Diagonal Resize 2
Move
Alternate Select
Link Select
e.g. of cursor types not included: grabbing hand, 'Icon', 'Size'

    Notes:

    • Slash v. backslash, a slash has the same orientation as the diagonal line in the number 7.
    • I have seen 'Wait [Busy]' and 'AppStarting [Working In Background][Wait]' both referred to as 'Wait', and would say that 'Wait [Busy]' deserves the title more because of the established cursor resource 'IDC_WAIT'.
    • SizeNESW, SizeNS, SizeNWSE, SizeWE, NWPen refer to compass directions.

    Useful links:

    Well, that's my cursory glance at cursors.