How to: Provide a Custom Cursor for a Chart

• Nov 13, 2018

This example demonstrates how to substitute the Hand and Grab cursors shown when a chart’s area is being scrolled with a default system cursor.

To do this, handle the ChartControl.QueryCursor event, and use the QueryCursorEventArgs.Cursor and QueryCursorEventArgs.CursorType properties.

Form1.cs

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
// ...
private void chartControl1_QueryCursor(object sender, QueryCursorEventArgs e) {
    if (e.CursorType == CursorType.Hand || e.CursorType == CursorType.Grab) {
        e.Cursor = Cursors.Default;
    }
}

Form1.vb

Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts
' ...
Private Sub chartControl1_QueryCursor(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As QueryCursorEventArgs) Handles chartControl1.QueryCursor
    If e.CursorType = CursorType.Hand OrElse e.CursorType = CursorType.Grab Then
        e.Cursor = Cursors.Default
    End If
End Sub

The following images demonstrate how this works.

Default Cursor	Custom Cursor