# current Returns the application’s current cursor. ``` class var current: NSCursor { get } ``` ## Return Value The top cursor on the application’s cursor stack. This cursor may not be the visible cursor on the screen if a different application is currently active. ## Discussion The method only returns the cursor set by your application using `NSCursor` methods. It does not return cursors set by other applications or cursors set by your application using Carbon APIs. ## See Also [`mouseEntered(with:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCursor/mouseEntered(with:)) Automatically sent to the receiver when the cursor enters a cursor rectangle owned by the receiver. [`pop()`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCursor/pop()-swift.method) Sends a [`pop()`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCursor/pop()-swift.type.method) message to the receiver’s class. [`push()`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCursor/push()) Puts the receiver on top of the cursor stack and makes it the current cursor. [`set()`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCursor/set()) Makes the receiver the current cursor. [`mouseExited(with:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCursor/mouseExited(with:)) Automatically sent to the receiver when the cursor exits a cursor rectangle owned by the receiver. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)