ShowCursor not working

Question

i'm trying to write a simple C# win32 console app that uses ShowCursor (user32.dll) in order to hide the system mouse. calling ShowCursor(false) returns -1 (as it should), but the mouse cursor remains. calling again with ShowCursor(true) returns 1 (but with no visible effect since the cursor never disappeared).

thanks.

see remarks in ShowCursor description http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms648396%28v=vs.85%29.aspx this method just increments the internal show counter — Antonio Bakula, May 22 '12 at 15:27

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered May 22 '12 at 15:23

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ShowCursor affects the mouse when it is over a window that was created by your thread. Your console application probably did not create any windows, so ShowCursor has no effect.

answered May 22 '12 at 15:23

Raymond Chen

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To elaborate: You do not own the console window, so you cannot control the cursor of the console window. – Raymond Chen Feb 13 '18 at 23:35

ShowCursor not working

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