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ToolHandles/ToolLineHandles could set the mouse cursor when hovered over or active #20724
Description
Problem
widgets.ToolHandles and ToolLineHandles could set the mouse cursor e.g. to a hand when the mouse cursor is over them or currently grabbing one of them (one could even distinguish open and closed hands, but that can also be a second step).
Proposed Solution
Per the above.
Additional context and prior art
(may be worth waiting for #20620 to go in first)
Activity
QuLogic commentedon Jul 24, 2021
That was the point of #20620 😉
QuLogic commentedon Jul 27, 2021
So I committed this earlier, but as you say it should maybe be on
ToolLineHandles. What's missing there isgrab_range, and I wonder if we should move that value over to the handles? I'll open a PR with that to discuss first.github-actions commentedon Oct 29, 2025
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QuLogic commentedon Oct 29, 2025
This wasn't implemented in
ToolHandles/ToolLineHandlesspecifically, but I think it's close enough to what was intended. If there's anything else missing, I think @dstansby might have the work and we don't have to track this one specifically any more.