How do I change the appearance of the cursor, for example, to an hourglass, while waiting for the result of an sql query?

Thanks.

Neil.

ps ... Perhaps 'cursor' should read 'mouse pointer'.
Neil.

Use the method as outlined in:

Sample Code 133: How to change cursor over clickable GtkLabel - Part 2 - using image file?

Set the cursor on the GtkWindow. I think it should work.

Since you're doing this on a long sql query, you will need to also use the technique as outlined in

Sample Code 68: How to display progress bar while processing long task - Part 2 using_idle_add?

to change the cursor through idle_add().

Regards,
/kksou

Thanks kksou.

I was able to use your code as a starting point to search the php-gtk2 documentation.

For those interested, heres a quick example:

<?php


function on_click($w,$cursor)
{
$w->window->set_cursor(new GdkCursor($cursor));
}

$w = new GtkWindow;
$v = new GtkVbox;
$b1 = new GtkButton;
$b2 = new GtkButton;

$w->add($v);
$v->pack_start($b1);
$v->pack_start($b2);

$w->connect_simple('destroy', array('gtk', 'main_quit' ));

$b1->connect_simple('clicked','on_click',$w,Gdk::WATCH);
$b2->connect_simple('clicked','on_click',$w,Gdk::ARROW);

$w->show_all();

Gtk::main();

?>

Available cursor settings at: http://gtk.php.net/manual/en/gdk.enum.cursor.php

Neil.