Flash :: I Have A Question About Making Cursors...

Pre-fab Cursors
Hello everyone,

A quickie: are there any pre-baked cursors/pointers that ship will flash mx pro 2004? In particular, I'm hoping that there is an animated egg timer cursor that I can use while a certain function is running. Or will I have to take the long route and build/animate/attach one myself?

Thanks!

*edit. Alternatively, is there a way of keeping the cursor as an arrow when rolling over buttons? Thanks again.

CURSORS Help
where can i download a flash cursor just like in
www.2dmax.net
???
help me please..
visit also my site at
www.geocities.com/themu_band
tnx very much!

Cursors
Easy one I hope...is there any way I can change the cursor to an ibeam on click of a button?

I dont really want to create a custom cursor.

TA!

CURSORS Help
where can i download a flash cursor just like in
www.2dmax.net
???
help me please..
visit also my site at
www.geocities.com/themu_band
tnx very much!

2 Cursors In The Same Movie
I'm a little confused on how to do this. I made 2 movie clips. "a" and "b". i put these actions in the frame.

Code:

startDrag (_root.a, true, 300, 0, 300, 300);
startDrag (_root.b, true, 0, 150, 600, 150);
I used the constrain to rectangle for the reason, that I wanted one object to move horizontally and the other to move vertically.if i take a out b works and if i take b out a works, if i leave them both in one works.Can anyone help me

Mouse Cursors
Where can I downlod nice cursors for
my Flash webpage.The ones where for example
dots are chasing my arrow??

Paul

Fix The Cursors In Rollover
hi guy,

how to write a cursor in rollover still keep an arrow not the finger!

thank! :-)

Custom Cursors
Hi,

Is there any way to confine a custom cursor to specific cordanance? I am using this script to change the cursor to a movie clip:

Mouse.hide();
this.onMouseMove = function() {
target.mc_Zoom._x = _xmouse;
target.mc_Zoom._y = _ymouse;
updateAfterEvent();
};

I want the mouse back when not in the specified cordanance. Is there any type of else statement that would accomplish this? I hope this makes sence. Thanks for your help

Custom Cursors
Hi, can anyone help me on this?
how do you change the standard CURSOR in a custom one? And also, where do i get custom cursors? Such simple questions, such great problems.....

Custom Cursors
Another quick question: In Flash 5, I have a movie in which I am trying to use a custom cursor that changes when the mouse is clicked (let's say, a blue arrow that turns yellow when clicked). I was able to do this pretty easily by creating a movie clip with a button inside of it. The problem is, while the cursor technically works, now I can't actually click on any other buttons with it. I figured this is because the button I'm using within the cursor movie clip is getting in the way of the buttons in the actual movie. So my question is, is there any possible way to have my custom cursor change when clicked, and also have it be able to interact with other buttons? Or should I just accept that I can't have it both ways?

Custom Cursors
Hello All,

Here's one for you masterminds!

I've done a movie with a custom cursor.

The thing is I only want the cursor over one particular image on the screen, so far I can only change the cursor for the whole movie.

I've seen other flash sites with this "annotation" type effect. It looks pretty cool, I'd like to be able to employ it on this particular site.

Thanks in advance, rest assured I've searched tutes and downloads so I'm not wasting anyones time.

Also changing the subject , has anyone successfully completed zipzaps on shockwave.com? I've been stuck with one car to go for weeks!

Change Cursors
Hi,

I was wondering is it possible to change the cursor for the rollovers.

I have small buttons that need to be clicked on, but I have made a large invisible button that clears the screen. I'd like to have it so that the hand does not appear when rolling over the invisible button.

Thanks

Custom Cursors
I have a movie with a custom cursor. The instance name for the cursor clip is "cursor"

I have the following code on the cursor clip.

PHP Code:

onClipEvent (load) {
    Mouse.hide();
    startDrag("", true);
}

And the following code is on a button, so the cursor changes when you rollover it.

PHP Code:

on (rollOver) {
    cursor.gotoAndStop(2);
}
on (rollOut) {
    cursor.gotoAndStop(1);
}

Is there some sort of global code I can use to make the cursor change whenever it's over a button, so I don't have to use that code on every button in my movie?

Using Custom Cursors
When I try to use a custom cursor and an object where you click and it becomes draggable, only one moves at a time. How do I get both to move at the same time?

Custom Cursors
How do I edit or create my own custom cursors? I see it dont all the time and have been fiddling arround with the pre-made cursors in MX but cannt seem to change it all that greatly.

Cheers.

Anyone Know How To Get Custom Cursors To Always Be On Top?
basically i have made a custom cursot but also load movies into different levels, so sometimes the cursor goes underneath these loaded movies. how can i make the cursor always on top as the original windows one is?

Paul

Built In Cursors?
I've just learned how to create my own custom cursors... but it made me wonder... are there really no standard built-in cursors in flash?

Like the little 'hand' cursor when you go over selectable areas.

Custom Cursors In AS 3.0
I had worked this out in an earlier version of AS, but it doesn't work in 3.0...
I've been able to make one custom cursor come on the stage. My problem is how to have 2 custom cursors (or more.) I would like the user to click on an object in the scene (a movieclip named brush), that clip will become the custom cursor...when the user clicks on a different object (a bucket), the cursor becomes that MC. I'm posting what I have done so far...doesn't accomplish what I need, though. If anyone has suggestions, I'll be thrilled to hear them!
thank you!

//the 2 movie clips I have in the scene are named brush and bucket

var cursor:Sprite = new Sprite ();
addChild (brush);
addChild (bucket);

stage.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, redrawCursor);
Mouse.hide();

function redrawCursor (event: MouseEvent) :void
{
brush.x = event.stageX;
brush.y = event.stageY;
}

Different Hand Cursors In As3
Are there multiple hand cursors in AS3? And if so, how can you get them to show up? I have seen the default hand cursor that shows up when buttonMode is on but are there any others?

Custom Cursors In AS 3.0
I had worked this out in an earlier version of AS, but it doesn't work in 3.0...
I've been able to revise the code, to where one custom cursor comes on the stage. My problem is how to have 2 custom cursors (or more.) I would like the user to click on an object in the scene (a movieclip named brush), that clip will become the custom cursor...when the user clicks on a different object (a bucket), the cursor becomes that MC. I'm posting what I have done so far...doesn't accomplish what I need, though. If anyone has suggestions, I'll be thrilled to hear them!
thank you!

//the 2 movie clips I have in the scene are named brush and bucket

var cursor:Sprite = new Sprite ();
addChild (brush);
addChild (bucket);

stage.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, redrawCursor);
Mouse.hide();

function redrawCursor (event: MouseEvent) :void
{
brush.x = event.stageX;
brush.y = event.stageY;
}

Custom Cursors In AS 3.0
What I had used to work fine, but no more!!
I've been able to rewrite the code in 3.0, where one custom cursor will come on the stage and work. My problem is how to have 2 custom cursors (or more.) I would like the user to click on an object in the scene (a movieclip named brush), that clip will become the custom cursor...when the user clicks on a different object (a bucket), the cursor becomes that MC. I'm posting what I have done so far...doesn't accomplish what I need, though. If anyone has suggestions, I'll be thrilled to hear them!
thank you!

Attach Code

//the 2 movie clips I have in the scene are named brush and bucket

var cursor:Sprite = new Sprite ();
addChild (brush);
addChild (bucket);

stage.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, redrawCursor);
Mouse.hide();

function redrawCursor (event: MouseEvent) :void
{
brush.x = event.stageX;
brush.y = event.stageY;
}

Help With Creating Different Cursors
Hi guys

Is it possible to create different cursors for different items in a single frame?
i.e i have items all to appear together in the frame. but for each clickable items i wanna create different different cursors to indicate their different interactivity e.g magnifying glass to zoom, hand to link etc....

Hope someone can help! thanx a billion!

Custom Cursors
does anyone know why my buttons dont work now i am using a custom cursor?

is there somthing i need to set on the cursor now?

Custom Cursors...
does anyone know how do make a cursor like the one at http://www.preload.it/flash/flash.htm cause i can't figure it at all, aprreciate the help if anyone can.....! thanks

Different Hand Cursors
i've noticed that in flash content, rollovers (buttons or mc's you click etc.) sometimes display one hand cursor and sometimes a different one. Does anyone know what specifys which one will show, and if you can control it?....i would like to always use the one that the rest of the browser uses to less alienate the flash content.

See Other Users' Cursors
Are there any websites or tutorials that teach you how to view the cursor locations of other users?

My objective:
My mother calls me often with software questions, like with her photoshop. Sound familiar? Sometimes she'll ask, "what does that thing do?" And I won't know what she's referring to. But if I can take a screen capture of the photoshop tool bar (or whatever) upload the image real quick, then she'll be able to point with her cursor at various parts of the image and I can tell her over the phone what it does.

Is there some server software that I can purchase to do that? What would be required of my hosting server?

Custom Made Cursors?
Hey

i was just wondewring if sumone can help me with custom Cursors...I want to make my own cursor and whenever my mouse is over my flash movie, my cursor will be the cursor that i made

I would Greatly appreciate it if u could help me

Thanks

Custom Mouse Cursors
i have no idea what i am doing. and need your help.

i want force my website to change the mouse-cursor as soon as someone moves their mouse over a particular button. i want to do this with a lot of different buttons, and each button needs to have its own mouse-cursor.
when the mouse is not over a particular button, the usual mouse curson should appear.

is this possible?

and if yes, where do i start?

many thanks if you can help me out.

Confining Custom Cursors?
Not sure how to tackle this one.
I have a rectangle in a portion of my screen that should display a custom cursor (a cross-type thingy) on entering that area, so when you are off it the standard cursor is diplayed.
Any idea in setting the parameters of the clip?

Cheers

Custom-Cursors - Best Way To Make Them ?
Any suggestions, coding, and links to tutorials would be greatly appreaciated !

Help With Custom Mouse Cursors
I have a custom mouse cursor built into a movie that I load from a button (loading one .swf into another). When I load the movie, the button in the main .swf doesn't work.

Why is this and how can I keep it from happening?

As a side note, I load the movie with the custom cursor into an empty movie clip - if that helps.

Thanks in advance.

Multiple Custom Cursors
ok, i looked around for a while on this, and couldnt find anything quite liek this. im quite the actionscript newbie, but im really good with flash and basic navigation actionscpript. (http://iamabanana0.tripod.com) so for a project i am making a game that is kindof like MYST. its a picture by picture clickable game. now i need the cursor to change to a custom cursor when you mouseover an object to be picked up. i also need 4 other custom arrow cursors that will change to the corresponding direction that the mouse is on the screen. ie. if you move the mouse to the left side, the cursor turns left so u can click and go that way. is there some way to put actionscript on a button that will load a specific cursor? thanks!

Custom Cursors And Draggable MCs
I'm sure this is an ancient, simple Flash problem...
I am using custom cursors using
startDrag(cursor_movie,true);
It works fine. But when I go to drag draggable movie clips, the mouse releases the cursor mc and leaves it where I pressed the MC. The script for the MCs I use is

on (press) {
startDrag("_root.main_menu");
}
on (release) {
stopDrag();
}
Surely there's a simple way for these two to live side by side? Any help is MUCH appreciated!

The Double Cursors Syndrome
I had problems with cursors so i found one article on the internet which describes it. Can anyone help me to sole this problem?

article:

When a program (for instance a Flash movie, or a Director movie) is run from a browser, and that program changes its cursor appearance, the program often do not know when the cursor has left the movie window. This usually results in two cursors being visible on the screen at the same time. The first cursor is the phantom "inactive" cursor in the Flash movie, and the the other is the browser's cursor. (I have to admit that I'm not immune to this problem.) For example, the picture below shows a familiar "double-cursors" situation:

Since one of the cursor is inactive anyway, most users will not get disoriented; so this is not a big deal in most cases (it just look rather untidy). If you're interested, however, there are several ways to handle this by checking whether the mouse is inside the program or not. If it is not, hide it. This may require JavaScript or other acrobatics to detect mouse-ins/mouse-outs.

This kind of acrobatic is usually a hassle for programmers, and many just ignored it (myself included). There are several possible reasons for this (I'm not saying these are valid):
The programmer doesn't care.
It's tricky, one solution won't always work on all browsers.
It's time consuming, and all that time for what? Many think that the hassle is not worth the time.
Some programmer will find this task a challenge, but many won't. Reason: the problem on itself is not really a "part" of their program. (Finding out why a certain JavaScript/DHTML code to detect mouse over doesn't work on Macintosh browser brand A but not on Windows browser brand C is not a "challenge," it's nuisance. There're programmers who specialize to program "device drivers," and then there are some who just hate suck tasks.)

In Flash, one thing that would've solved this problem is Macromedia had provided a function that not only show and hide the cursor, but actually change the cursor. Hopefully Flash 6 will.

Hand Cursors And Components...
Hi there you beautiful bouncy ActionScript people...

I'm current trying to create rollOver and rollOut cursor states for both the Scollbar and ListBox components... Does anyone have any ideas, it's really doing my scone in!

Laters my lovelies,

Peace, love and flowers,

Bumblepuppy

Changing Cursor - 2 Cursors
Hi All, I am working on a flash file where there are 5 movie clips and one button. There are info boxes opened up when mouse moves over movie clips and boxes disappear when mouse moves out. I have done this by using tell target action. On roll over it goes to the certain frame number inside movie clip and shows the info box. On roll out goes back to frame one. My problem is that I do not want hand cursor to show up when roll over on movie clip. I want regular cursor. And there is one button.. I want hand to show up. My movie clip action is:
on (rollOver) {
tellTarget (teen) {
gotoAndPlay(15);
}
}
on (rollOut) {
tellTarget (teen) {
gotoAndStop(1);
}
Any help appreciated!!!
Thanks,
Yaz

Mouse Cursors Get Choppy
In my Flash movie, when the user moves the mouse the alpha of a movie clip changes. At the same time I have changed the mouse cursor. The problem is that when the the alpha is being adjusted the cursor movements get really choppy. Here's the code that I have on the movie's first frame:
function cursorUpdate () {
_root.cursor._x = _xmouse;
_root.cursor._y = _ymouse;
updateAfterEvent(mouseMove);
}

And here's the code on the cursor MC:
onClipEvent (load) {
Mouse.hide();
this.swapDepths(100);
}
onClipEvent (mouseMove) {
_root.cursorUpdate();
}

If anyone's got any suggestions, do tell! Thanks.

Creating Custom Cursors In AS 3.0
I had this figured out in an earlier version of ActionScript, but it doesn't work in 3.0...
I've been able to revise the code, where one custom cursor will come on the stage and work. My problem is how to have 2 custom cursors (or more.) I would like the user to click on an object in the scene (a movieclip named brush), that clip will become the custom cursor...when the user clicks on a different object (a bucket), the cursor becomes that MC. I'm posting what I have done so far...doesn't accomplish what I need, though.
If anyone has suggestions, I'll be thrilled to hear them!
thank you!

//the 2 movie clips I have in the scene are named brush and bucketvar cursor:Sprite = new Sprite ();addChild (brush);addChild (bucket);stage.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, redrawCursor);Mouse.hide();function redrawCursor (event: MouseEvent) :void{brush.x = event.stageX;brush.y = event.stageY;}

Flex Cursors And Sorting
I have an ArrayCollection that I want to manipulate with an instance of the IViewCursor class. The only problem is that in order to use the IViewCursor, I need to sort() my data first. Once I sort my data I can manipulate the ArrayCollection but now the visual control bound to the ArrayCollection is reflecting my sort. I don't want the sort to mess up my visual control but I want to use the cursor to add/delete and search for items in the AC. what do i do?

Duplicating MovieClips For Cursors?
Hi all,

I would like to know how to use "duplicate movieClip" in Flash 5, cos I want to create a cursor trail using this script!

pls help...

thks

Give Me Your $.02 About Custom Cursors
Well, I personally think they're cool and they show detail in your site. Visaully, they're cool but this takes the user out of their comfort zone. Yes, the standard arrow and hand cursor are really lame but it tells the user that they're still in control (or so they think). I mean, the user has been surfing for hours on end and then all of a sudden, their cusor changes. Psychologically, I think this might be a little uneasy on them. I've been to many awesome Flash sites that don't use custom cursor. However, people like Joshua Davis loves them and encourages us to take out the hand cursor when ever possible.

So who here loves them, hates them, or just really does care and why?

I Have A Question About Making Cursors...

i can make cursors fine, but im having trouble making the cursor have its own sound. In my specific project im workin on i made a crosshair cursor and i want the cursor to make a gunshot noise everytime i click it with the mouse button. can anyone help me out?