Automated role assignment in the cursor library

Published by Vlasta yesterday.

There is new update to the cursor library that should make life a bit easier. From now on, when you upload a cursor, the system will try to guess what role it’s meant for. This change became necessary after bulk uploading of cursors was added. As expected, it caused a flood of cursors with no roles assigned — so I had to give the library a way to help sort things out automatically.

For example:

• If you upload a cursor called help_pointer.cur, I’ll assume it’s meant to be the Help Select cursor.
• If it’s called busy_spinner.ani, I’ll put it under Busy.
• Something with link in the name? Most likely the Link Select role.

Basically, it looks at the name of the file and tries to make a smart(?) guess.

But that’s not all. I’ve also gone back and updated old uploads that didn’t have any roles assigned. So if you see your older cursors suddenly showing roles, that’s the system doing its best detective work. Don’t worry if it guessed wrong — you can always change the role manually whenever you want.

To make this clearer, every cursor in the library now shows a little role icon right next to it (if it has a role assigned) (press CTRL+F5 to force-refresh the style sheet with the added icons). That way, you’ll know instantly if your cursor is missing a role or has the wrong role assigned.

And one more thing: when you upload, the system will even try to guess if your cursor is made for right-handed people, left-handed people, or both. It’s a pretty crude guess, so don’t rely on it too much. Always double-check your uploads to make sure everything looks good.

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The Male Boss yesterday 0

This sounds like a very smart idea and it should also make things for uploading cursors more user friendly as well. 👍