Silverlight Custom Cursor

Here are the steps to add a custom cursor to your Silverlight application:o    Acquire an image that will be the Cursor.

•   Add the image to your project.
•  Create a control that consists of this image

	<UserControl x:Class="WidgetCreator.pencil"

	    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007" 

	    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 

	    Width="16" Height="16">

	    <Grid x:Name="pencilroot">

	            <Image Source="pencil.png" Stretch="Fill"/>

	 

	    </Grid>

	</UserControl> 
	

•   Add the control to your Canvas XAML.   (don't forget the namespace declaration at the top)

Namespace:  xmlns:WidgetCreator="clr-namespace:WidgetCreator"
XAML:   <WidgetCreator:pencil Canvas.Left="340" Canvas.Top="127" x:Name="pencil"/>

•  Set it's Visibility to Collapsed.
 pencil.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
•  Add to the event handler where the cursor will become active code that hides the current cursor and shows your custom image.

// Capture mouse and update stat
           CaptureMouse();
           if (pencil != null)
           {
               pencil.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
               movePencilToCurrentPosition((Point)_positionLast);
           }
                
private void movePencilToCurrentPosition( Point pt)
        {
               
            // Set the coordinates of customPointer to the mouse pointer coordinates
            pencil.SetValue(Canvas.LeftProperty, pt.X);
            pencil.SetValue(Canvas.TopProperty, pt.Y);
        }

 Add an event handler for the Mouse Move event - and use that to send the image where ever the mouse goes

private void HandleMouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
            {
                
                //follow the cursor
                Point position = e.GetPosition(LayoutRoot);
                if (_bIn) //set the cursor if we're tracking a polygon creation.
                {
                   //ChangeParentKeepPosition(pencil, LayoutRoot, e);
                    movePencilToCurrentPosition(position);                    
    
                }
                
            }