The Cursor
In the main window, the shape of the cursor indicates what actions are taking place.
Arrow Cursor
The standard arrow cursor appears when no actions are pending and no items are selected for actions.
Cross Cursor
The cross cursor appears when one or more items is in a selected state, and therefore subject to certain actions.
Box Cursor
When the cursor is a box, some action is pending that will result in placing or moving symbols in the chart. When the mouse is clicked (or Enter is pressed), the pending action will complete if possible.
Gun sight Cursor
The gunfight cursor (cross with circle) indicates that Chartist is waiting for an initial point selection in a two step action. This includes drawing or selecting a line, and drawing a selection rectangle. To select the initial point, click the mouse button (or press Enter).
Pencil Cursor
The pencil cursor appears when drawing or selecting a line.
Quad Arrow Cursor
The quad arrow, or size cursor indicates that a rectangle is being stretched or shrunk. This occurs when drawing a selection rectangle or when changing the size of a symbol's bounding rectangle.
Double Arrow Cursor
The double arrow appears when the cursor is over a sizing handle for the selected symbol. The symbol may be re-sized with a click and drag operation.
Routing Cursor
The routing cursor appears when the auto-router is calculating the routes of lines.
Hourglass Cursor
The hourglass cursor indicates that a possibly lengthy operation is taking place, such as file operations.