Java Glossary : wait cursor

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wait cursor

A special cursor, often a hourglass or watch to indicate the system is busy and the user should wait, not panic. They are quite tricky to do properly. The basics are:

private static final Cursor WAIT_CURSOR =
Cursor.getPredefinedCursor( Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR );
window.setCursor( WAIT_CURSOR );

See this article that covers some of the problems.

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