User Guide

722 Chapter 14: Properties

To use custom cursors, set the cursor property to a list containing the cast member to be used as

a cursor or to the number that specifies a system cursor. In Windows, a cursor must be a cast

member, not a resource; if a cursor is not available because it is a resource, Director displays the

standard arrow cursor instead. For best results, don’t use custom cursors when creating cross-

platform movies.

Custom cursor cast members must be no larger than 16 by 16 pixels, and must be 1-bit in depth.

If the sprite is a bitmap that has matte ink applied, the cursor changes only when the cursor is

over the matte portion of the sprite.

When the cursor is over the location of a sprite that has been removed, rollover still occurs. Avoid

this problem by not performing rollovers at these locations or by relocating the sprite up above

the menu bar before deleting it.

On the Macintosh, you can use a numbered cursor resource in the current open movie file as the

cursor by setting

cursor to the number of the cursor resource.

Example

This statement changes the cursor that appears over sprite 20 to a watch (Macintosh) or hourglass

(Windows) cursor.

-- Lingo syntax

sprite(20).cursor = 4

// JavaScript syntax

sprite(20).cursor = 4;