Re: mouse pointer weirdness in Shockwave,Mac OS X

[Irv Kalb]

The problem is that the cursor (and visibility) are not actually 
sprite properties, but instead are properties of the channel.  That 
is, they do not get reset when the playhead leaves a sprite span like 
almost all other sprite properties.

If you set a cursor in a beginSprite and do not clear it in the 
matching endSprite handler, the cursor will still be set for any 
other sprites that appear in the same channel anywhere else you may 
navigate to within the same movie.  Clearing it in the on endSprite 
handler prevents this problem.

Irv
At 11:29 AM -0500 12/21/04, KLGC Studio wrote:
What you mention is the technique I use Irv, but without the 
endSprite part.  Maybe I've just never run accross a situation where 
the reset was necessary in on endSprite?
Lee C

Irv Kalb wrote:
You might want to try the syntax that Chris suggested but in a 
different place.  I always use the sprite(spriteNum).cursor syntax, 
but I put it in the beginSprite and endSprite handlers:

property spriteNum
on beginSprite me
  sprite(spriteNum).cursor = 280
  --anything else you want to do here
end
on endSprite me
  sprite(spriteNum).cursor = 0   --      -1 sometimes screws things up later
  -- anything else you want to do here
end
This way, there is no need to set and reset in every mouseEnter and 
mouseLeave.

Irv
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