Is it possible to change mouse cursor when dragging (I mean image, not position) from swing when mouse is outside application window?

I have multi-window java swing application with drag&drop between windows support.

I'd like to change mouse cursor globally even if it is between application windows.

The most obvious solution which is Component.setCursor() called on component which starts drag or on the main window does not work.

Solution 1:

Then only way I found to do this without using native, platform-dependent api is to use java Swing's DnD api which allows You to set custom mouse cursor when dragging

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.Cursor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
import java.awt.dnd.DnDConstants;
import java.awt.dnd.DragGestureListener;
import java.awt.dnd.DragSource;

public class DndExample extends JFrame {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> new DndExample());
    }

    public DndExample() {
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        JLabel dragLabel = createDndLabel();
        getContentPane().add(dragLabel);
        pack();
        setVisible(true);
    }

    private JLabel createDndLabel() {
        JLabel label = new JLabel("Drag me, please");


        DragGestureListener dragGestureListener = (dragTrigger) -> {
            dragTrigger.startDrag(new Cursor(Cursor.HAND_CURSOR), new StringSelection(label.getText()));
        };

        DragSource dragSource = DragSource.getDefaultDragSource();
        dragSource.createDefaultDragGestureRecognizer(label, DnDConstants.ACTION_COPY, dragGestureListener);

        return label;
    }
}