ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

Mouse.onMouseDown() Listener Event

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To change a custom pointer to a custom hand pointer when the mouse hovers over a

button, use that button’s rollOver event to set the custom pointer clip to a frame

containing the custom hand, and use the rollOut event to set the custom pointer back to

the default, as follows:

go_btn.onRollOver = function () {

_root.customPointer_mc.gotoAndStop("hand");

}

go_btn.onRollOut = function () {

_root.customPointer_mc.gotoAndStop("default");

}

In all cases, remember to place the custom pointer on the top layer of your movie so that it

appears above all other content. Alternatively, use duplicateMovieClip() or attachMovie() to

generate the custom pointer clip dynamically and assign it a very high depth.

See Also

Mouse.show(), MovieClip._xmouse, MovieClip._ymouse

Mouse.onMouseDown() Listener Event

occurs when the primary mouse button is depressed

Flash 6

listener.onMouseDown()

Description

Like the Button.onPress() event, the onMouseDown() event detects the downstroke of a

mouseclick. Unlike the button press event, onMouseDown() is not tied to the hit area of a

button object (a button’s hit area is defined graphically when you create the button in the

Flash authoring tool, whereas a movie clip’s hit area can also be set via the

hitArea ...