How can I change the mouse cursor to something else in c++, Windows? I mean, change the pointer to another system default, for example, the hand icon. I don't know what code I can provide you, since I don't really have anything for the mouse. The only thing I have for the mouse, that isn't in use, is to hide it. If this helps tell you what I use or anything like that, here:
SDL_ShowCursor (SDL_DISABLE);
My c++ version isn't the newest, so that is something to note. And hiding the mouse pointer and having a picture follow it isn't something I can do since it uses way too many resources and is slow.
Use SDL_SetCursor If you want a system cursor, you can pass the return value of SDL_CreateSystemCursor to that function. See the documentation:
https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_SetCursor
https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_CreateSystemCursor
https://web.archive.org/web/20210211163214/https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_CreateSystemCursor
The documentation is currently somewhat lacking. The last link refers to the archived documentation, which contains the list of possible values for SDL_CreateSystemCursor
Example:
SDL_Cursor* cursor;
cursor = SDL_CreateSystemCursor(SDL_SYSTEM_CURSOR_HAND);
SDL_SetCursor(cursor);