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 40 Mouse Pointer Description
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 Normal
pointer | Appears during normal mouse usage.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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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.
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 Move
pointer | Indicates that when you drop the object, it is moved from the old location
to the new location.
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 Copy
pointer | Indicates that when you drop the object, a copy of the object is created
where you drop it.
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 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 | 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.
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 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.
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 Move panel object pointer | Appears when you drag a panel or a panel object with the middle mouse
button. See Using the Desktop Panels for
more information about panels. |
 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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