How can one change all arrow tips in circuitikz globally?

Question

I tried this:

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[european, cuteinductors]{circuitikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta, bending}
%wished arrow tip
\tikzset{> = Latex}

\begin{document}
  \begin{circuitikz}
    %this circuit shouldn't make sense
    \draw (0, 0) to [V = $U$, i = $I$] (0, 3)
                 to [vR = $R$, v<= $u_R$, i<= $i$] (3, 3)
                 to [C = $C$, v<= $u_C$, i<= $i$] (6, 3)
                 to [closing switch, v<= $u$, i<= $i$] (9, 3)
                 to [sV = $u$, i = $i$] (9, 0)
                 to [I<= $I$, v = $u$] (6, 0)
                 to [L = $L$, v<= $u_L$, i<= $i$] (3, 0)
                 to [sI<= $i$, v = $u$] (0, 0)
          (3, 3) to [opening switch, v = $u$, *-*] (3, 0)
          (6, 3) to [open, v = $u$, o-o] (6,0);
    %extra nodes for the mesh arrow
    \node (left of L)    at (3.5, .75) {M};
    \node (right of L) at (5.5, .75) {};
    \node (left of C)    at (3.5, 2) {};
    \node (right of C) at (5.5, 2) {};
    %the mesh arrow
    \draw
      [->] (right of L.west) .. controls (right of C.west) and (left of C.east)
                             .. (left of L.east);
  \end{circuitikz}
\end{document}

But it doesn't work. Any suggestions?

Thank you for your help and effort in advance!

Answer 1

Unfortunately the arrow shape used in circuitikz is actually a node, of shape currarrow defined in the package. Hence, there is no easy way to change the shape to another arrow tip.

You can redefine the currarrow shape with something like the following:

\makeatletter
\pgfdeclareshape{currarrow}{
    \anchor{center}{
        \pgfpointorigin
    }
    \behindforegroundpath{      

        \pgfscope
        \pgf@circ@res@step = \pgfkeysvalueof{/tikz/circuitikz/bipoles/length}
        \divide \pgf@circ@res@step by 16
        \pgfsetarrows{->}
        \pgfpathmoveto{\pgfpoint{-.7\pgf@circ@res@step}{0pt}}
        \pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint{.8\pgf@circ@res@step}{0pt}}
        \pgfusepath{stroke}
        \endpgfscope
    }
}
\makeatother

This code simply redefines the shape to draw a simple line with the default arrow tip. Using \tikzset{> = Latex} then has the expected behavior.