User Guide

488 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference

Mouse.show()

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

Mouse.show() : Number

Parameters

None.

Returns

An integer; either 0 or 1. If the mouse pointer was hidden before the call to Mouse.show(), then

the return value is

0. If the mouse pointer was visible before the call to Mouse.show(), then the

return value is

Description

Method; displays the mouse pointer in a SWF file. The pointer is visible by default.

Example

The following example attaches a custom cursor from the library when it rolls over a movie clip

called

my_mc. Give a movie clip in the Library a Linkage identifier of cursor_help_id, and add

the following ActionScript to Frame 1 of the Timeline:

my_mc.onRollOver = function() {

Mouse.hide();

this.attachMovie("cursor_help_id", "cursor_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth(),

{_x:this._xmouse, _y:this._ymouse});

};

my_mc.onMouseMove = function() {

this.cursor_mc._x = this._xmouse;

this.cursor_mc._y = this._ymouse;

};

my_mc.onRollOut = function() {

Mouse.show();

this.cursor_mc.removeMovieClip();

};