[pygtk] Help with set_cursor() ---- Invisible cursor option

[John Finlay]

DINESHBABU DINAKARABABU wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am pretty new to Python and Pygtk. I would be grateful if someone 
> could help me out with this issue.
>
> I am trying to get a full screen display of an image from some raw 
> data using the pixbuf_new_from_data() method. I want to do away with 
> the default cursor option and implement an invisible cursor so that we 
> don't see the cursor during the full screen display. To implement the 
> invisible cursor, I am doing the following:
>
> pixmap = gtk.gdk.Pixmap(None, 1, 1, 1)
> color = gtk.gdk.Color()
> cursor = gtk.gdk.Cursor(pixmap, pixmap, color, color, 0, 0)
> gtk.gdk.Window.set_cursor(cursor) 
>
> However, I am getting this error:
>
> TypeError: descriptor 'set_cursor' requires a 'gtk.gdk.Window' object 
> but receives a 'gtk.gdk.Cursor'.
>
Try using:

win.set_cursor(cursor)

The error message is indicating that you have passed the wrong object to 
the function gtk.gdk.Window.set_cursor() which requires a Window object 
and a Cursor object as args. You should invoke the method of the Window 
object win instead.

John