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# resetCursorRects()

Overridden by subclasses to define their default cursor rectangles.

```
func resetCursorRects()
```

## Discussion

A subclass’s implementation must invoke [`addCursorRect(_:cursor:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/addCursorRect(_:cursor:)) for each cursor rectangle it wants to establish. The default implementation does nothing.

Application code should never invoke this method directly; it’s invoked automatically as described in “[Responding to User Events and Actions](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CocoaViewsGuide/SubclassingNSView/SubclassingNSView.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002978-CH7-SW26).” Use the [`invalidateCursorRects(for:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWindow/invalidateCursorRects(for:)) method instead to explicitly rebuild cursor rectangles.

## See Also

[`visibleRect`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/visibleRect)

The portion of the view that isn’t clipped by its superviews.


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