# Changing the mouse cursor shape

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/changing-the-mouse-cursor-shape/96>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [September 29, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/changing-the-mouse-cursor-shape/96 "2014-09-29T19:32:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/changing-the-mouse-cursor-shape/96/1 "2014-09-29T19:32:04Z")

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**[mast4as](https://sourceforge.net/u/mast4as/)** wrote on [Monday, September 29, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/288ce1f3/#1e53):

Is it possible in GLFW to change the mouse cursor shape?

If so how?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/changing-the-mouse-cursor-shape/96/2 "2014-09-29T20:41:25Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Monday, September 29, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/288ce1f3/#fdbf):

It will be with [version 3.1](http://www.glfw.org/docs/3.1/input.html#input_cursor), which hasn’t been released yet.