Cursor setups Cursor style
Cursor style
From the Cursor menu, select Cursor Setup.
Overview
Use these controls to change the appearance of the cursors .
To use
1. Select a Li
ne style from the drop-down list: Solid, Dashed, or Solid and Dashed.
2. Select a Symbol style from the drop-down list: Lines, Line & X, or X.
NOTE. Sym
bol styles are only available for Waveform
(see page 80) and Screen (see page 81) cursors.
If you are in XY display format, you can also select the XY Cursor Readout from the drop-down list.
Behavior
Curso
r positions are displayed according to line style, symbol style, cursor type, and waveform display
format. See the following table. The Line & X symbol style displays only the X when used with waveform
cursors in XY display mode. (The vertical line is not drawn.)
Symbol style Cursor type Display format Cursor position
Line
s
Waveform and Screen
YT
Intersection of horizontal
and vertical lines. Default
sty
le for Screen cursors.
Lin
e&X
Wav
eform and Screen
YT Horizontal position is
sho
wn by a vertical line, the
Y-axis is shown by an X .
Default style for Waveform
cu
rsors in YT mode.
X
Wa
veform and Screen
XY
Si
ngle X indicates the
horizontal and vertical
position. Default style for
W
aveform Cursors in XY
mode.
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Cursor readouts are displayed based on the selection in the XY cursor Readout drop-down list. This list is
only available for Waveform and Screen cursors when you are using XY display format.
DSA/DPO70000D, MSO/DPO/DSA70000C, DPO7000C, and MSO/DPO5000 Series 75