Mouse Pointers
The appearance of the mouse pointer can change. The appearance of the pointer
provides feedback about a particular operation, location, or state. The following mouse pointers
are displayed as the mouse passes over different elements of the screen.
Note - Mouse pointers might differ from those shown here depending on the mouse preferences
used.
Table A-3 Mouse Pointer Description
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![Normal Pointer image:Normal Pointer](figures/normal_pointer.png) Normal pointer |
Appears during normal mouse usage. |
![Busy Pointer image:Busy Pointer](figures/busy_pointer.png) Busy pointer |
Appears over a window that is busy
performing a task. You cannot use the mouse to give this window any
input, but you can move to another window and work there. |
![Resize Pointer image:Resize Pointer](figures/resize_pointer.png) Resize pointer |
Indicates that you
can grab the control to resize parts of the interface. This pointer
appears over the borders of windows and over resize handles between panes in
a window. The direction of the arrows indicates the direction in which you
can resize. |
![Hand Pointer image:Hand Pointer](figures/hyperlink_pointer.png) Hand pointer |
Appears when you hover over a hypertext link, for example,
in a web page. This pointer indicates that you can click the link
to load a new document or perform an action. |
![I-beam pointer image:I-beam pointer](figures/ibeam_pointer.png) I-beam pointer |
Appears when the mouse is
over text which you can select or edit. Click to place the cursor
where you want to type text, or drag to select text. |
The following
mouse pointers are displayed when dragging an item such as a file or
a piece of text. They indicate the result of releasing the mouse button
to drop the object being moved. |
![Move pointer image:Move pointer](figures/move_pointer.png) Move pointer |
Indicates that when you drop the object,
it is moved from the old location to the new location. |
![Copy pointer image:Copy pointer](figures/copy_pointer.png) Copy pointer |
Indicates that when
you drop the object, a copy of the object is created where you
drop it. |
![Symbolic link pointer image:Symbolic link pointer](figures/link_pointer.png) Symbolic link pointer |
Indicates that when you drop the object, a symbolic
link to the object is created where you drop the object. A symbolic
link is a special type of file that points to another file or
folder. See Creating a Symbolic Link to a File or Folder for more information about creating symbolic links. |
![Ask pointer image:Ask pointer](figures/ask_pointer.png) Ask pointer |
Indicates that when you
drop the object, you will be given a choice. A menu is displayed
which enables you to choose which operation you want to perform, for example,
you might be able to move, copy, or create a symbolic link. |
![Not available pointer image:Not available pointer](figures/not_available_pointer.png) Not available
pointer |
Indicates that you cannot drop the object at the current location. Releasing the
mouse button has no effect. The dragged object is returned to its
original location. |
![Move panel object pointer image:Move panel object pointer](figures/move_panel_object_pointer.png) Move panel object pointer |
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![Move window pointer image:Move window pointer](figures/movewindow_pointer.png) Move window
pointer |
Appears when you drag a window to move it. See Working With Windows for
more information about moving windows. |
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