[FormerLurker]

I'm hoping that someone can point me to an OS X hack of some sort that can give my friend a large mouse cursor (by this I mean the mouse pointer, not the text I-bar) for his visually-impaired mom.

I've seen several Classic CPs that change the cursor to a larger size, but a determined search of VersionTracker gives me nothing for OS X.

I'm hoping for one of the following:

-There is already a hack (preferebly a Pref Panel) that can do this, and I just can't find it

-Someone will recognize that my friend's mom is not the only one who needs a Pref Panel like this, and will develop it

-Someone can direct me to the proper file to hack in OS 9 with Photoshop to create a larger cursor

TIA to anyone who can help

MODS - apologies for cross-posting, wouldn't do it except for such a worthy cause

[FormerLurker]

-BUMP-

C'mon, I can't believe that NO one on these boards has any kind of knowledge about cursor hacks!!

[iJed]

I don't see why you can't just "cheat" here and get the cursor position via Carbon (GetMouse() I think) and draw a pict on top. However, it may not work like this in reality.

Deleting the cursor from screen and replacing it with the background actually seems the most difficult problem. I can't think of a way around it at present. Maybe someone else will know?

[ 12-25-2001: Message edited by: iJed ]

[iJed]

Wrote this code in a few mins. It will draw PICT ID 128 from the resource fork below the cursor using quickdraw. Unfortunately it does not redraw the area below it or mask out the white part. Using copybits should eradicate the later problem but I still don't see how to redraw the background. Surely there must be someone here with more than basic graphics experience who could help?


void main(void)
{
Point mp;
PicHandle ph=GetPicture(128);
Rect pr;

for (; {

GetMouse(&mp);

SetRect(&pr, mp.h, mp.v, mp.h+(*ph)->picFrame.right, mp.v+(*ph)->picFrame.bottom);

DrawPicture(ph, &pr);
}
}

[iJed]

double post

[ 12-25-2001: Message edited by: iJed ]

[Angus_D]

Something like this might be possible with CoreGraphics... You can hide the cursor there and do events stuff...