Custom Cursor Issue

[Del-ONE]

I am creating a custom cursor using the following code:

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public void fillCursor()    {       cursorImages = new Image[1];       cursorImages[0] = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("bin/gui/cursor.gif");    }    public static void setCursor(int state)    {       canvas.setCursor(canvas.getToolkit().createCustomCursor(cursorImages[state], new Point(0,0), "Cursor"));            }

It does indeed change my cursor, but I'm having a very strange problem, the color of my image is messed up.  I have made sure that the canvas itself draws the image correctly, so I'm not really sure what's wrong.  Any ideas?

[fletchergames]

Try changing "canvas.getToolkit()" to "Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit()".  I don't think it will really matter, but it seems strange that you're getting a toolkit from the canvas.

Normally, I would think that it's just a problem with the .gif file because .gif doesn't usually seem to store colors quite right.  But that seems unlikely if it draws properly to the canvas when it's not a cursor.

[Del-ONE]

Yeah, .gifs are a pain color-wise, but I'm sure its not the image because
         g.drawImage(cursorImages[0],0,0,null);
works fine.

The old test file I had for custom cursor also appears to have problems displaying color correctly :S, are cursors limited to certain colors?

Oh, while I'm at it. I want to make my gui holders display a dynamic bg image and border. By dynamic I mean that it takes two base images and tiles them appropriately and, hopefully, stores that as a simple image.  Is this possible, and if so, where do I start?

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[Abuse]

What version of the Java runtime are you using?

I seem to remember there used to be a bug with the gif decoder when operating on 4bpp gifs, maybe it's still there...

[Del-ONE]

I'm using Java 1.6 on Ubuntu

[gouessej]

I'm using Java 1.6 on Ubuntu

Which Java 1.6? The Sun JDK or the OpenJDK?

[Del-ONE]

Sun's, I believe.

[Renoria]

Switch off your cursor using Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createCustomCursor(getToolkit().createImage(""),
                                                   new Point(0,0), "");

Then, use a MouseMotionListener to remember where your mouse is.

Next, draw the cursor as an Image in the paint(Graphics g) method, at the co-ordinates remembered by your MouseMotionListener.

creating a custom cursor using the toolkit adds extra things, I dunno what...