I always set cursors on beginsprite handlers like:
on beginSprite me
sprite(me.spriteNum).cursor = 280
end
Then I don't have to reset it on mousleave or worry 'bout some global setting of the
cursor. This sprite always have this cursor
John
> >You are going the complicated route. Just use the mouseOverButton property
> >of any Flash sprite. Example:
> >if sprite(2).mouseOverButton=true then
> > cursor 280
> >else
> > cursor -1
> >end if
> >This way if the cursor is over any button in the specified Flash sprite, it
> >will be a hand, otherwise it will be the arrow.
> >Stick the if statement inside of the on mousewithin handler.
>
>
> That's a good tip, I didn't know about the mouseoverbutton of sprite property.
>
> One thing to think about with cursor control is whether other sprites
> are going to set it to something else. For example, if you were
> pointing at a non-flash sprite that you wanted to show the hand
> cursor, the above script might wreck that, because it sets the cursor
> to the arrow if you're not over a button of that sprite. If the other
> sprite was in a later channel you would be ok, but you might get some
> cursor flickering as they fight it out.
>
> The way I do cursors is like this:
>
> global thecursor
>
> on exitframe
> cursor thecursor
> thecursor = -1
> go the frame
> end
>
> Then, in any sprite that might think differently I modify the global
> (taking the above example):
>
> global thecursor
>
> on prepareframe me
> if sprite(2).mouseoverbutton=true then thecursor = 280
> end
>
>
>
> If no sprite has said otherwise, the cursor will be the arrow, but if
> any of the sprites set thecursor to another value, the topmost sprite
> will win, and that's what the cursor will be like.
>
>
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