# ReactOS Newsletter 64: Colored Cursors and Flood Fill Improvements

DevFeed: [ReactOS Newsletter 64: Colored Cursors and Flood Fill Improvements](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/newsletter-64-32930.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/newsletter-64/>)

Published: 2009-09-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Graphics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphics.md>), [color](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/color.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/win32.md>)

Tags: [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [graphics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphics.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [optimized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimized.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

This ReactOS newsletter describes work to add colored cursor support, resolve related graphics issues, implement flood fill drawing in Paint, and improve its performance.

## Source excerpt

Color and Filling Colored cursors aren't a feature used that often by regular applications, but games certainly make use of it and Winamp is a non-game example. When using Winamp, Gregor Schneider noticed the mouse turned into a black box when he tried to use it and dug into the code to see if he could fix it. In several places were comments noting the need for color support so Gregor had a few hints about where additional code was needed.