RE: Changing the cursor in a GTK+ 2 window

[martyn 2 russell bt com]

> How does one change the cursor to the "watch" cursor in a GTK+ 2.0
> window, and then change it back to normal?

          GdkCursor *cursor = NULL;
          cursor = gdk_cursor_new(GDK_WATCH);
          gdk_window_set_cursor (event->window, cursor);
          
          /* clean up */
          g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(cursor));

> There is a gdk_window_set_cursor() function, but it requires a
> GdkWindow.  I start with a GtkWindow.  There does not seem to be a
> function like gtk_window_get_gdk_window() that would bridge the two.

The event is a "motion_notify_event".
To put the cursor back, pass NULL.

Regards,
Martyn