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ActionScript: The Definitive Guide
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ActionScript: The Definitive Guide

by Colin Moock
May 2001
Intermediate to advanced
720 pages
23h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Mouse Object — hide or reveal the mouse pointer

Availability

Flash 5

Synopsis

Mouse.methodName

Methods

hide( )

Hides the mouse pointer.

show( )

Enables the mouse pointer.

Description

The Mouse object has only two methods and no properties. We use Mouse.hide( ) to conceal the system mouse pointer, usually in order to replace it with a customized mouse pointer as shown later. It may also be desirable to hide the mouse pointer in fullscreen, keyboard-controlled movies or for touch-screen kiosks.

Note that the Mouse object does not tell us the location of the mouse pointer. That information is stored in the _xmouse and _ ymouse properties of each movie clip object. Use _root._xmouse and _root._ ymouse to determine the mouse pointer’s location on the main Stage.

See Also

MovieClip ._xmouse, MovieClip ._ ymouse

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