Mouse Pointers

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Oct 18 2007, 2:36 pm
How do i change the mouse pointer but only for the pointer that shows after crossing over a text window?
Oct 18 2007, 2:39 pm
Look up MouseEntered(), mousedragpointer(this var only applies to atoms) and the other mouse procs.
Oct 18 2007, 2:42 pm
In response to Kakashi24142
i did, i cant figure out the thing, it doesnt give me an example.
Oct 18 2007, 2:43 pm
In response to Super Silly Stuart
Exactly what do you mean by a text window? Are you talking about an output control?
Oct 18 2007, 2:43 pm
In response to Kakashi24142
an output window.
Oct 18 2007, 2:47 pm
In response to Super Silly Stuart
 
client/MouseEntered(object,location,control,params)
    if(control=="controlID")//ID of the output control
     //change the pointer here through the client mousepointer vars

You could also experiment with this and output the parameters/arguments to yourself so you know what the parameter values are and what to check for.
Oct 18 2007, 2:49 pm
In response to Kakashi24142
after client/mouseEntered() the things in () i get confused, do i need to change things there, leave it alone, or can i remove some of them and it work still?
Oct 18 2007, 2:51 pm
In response to Super Silly Stuart
also how do i change it to a dmi icon

mouse.icon = 'icon.dmi'

or what?
Oct 18 2007, 2:53 pm
In response to Super Silly Stuart
The things in the parenthesis are called arguments or parameters. And no you don't have to set the values, the values are automatically retrieved whenever the MouseEntered() proc is called and that's whenever the mouse enters a new control or section of the screen.
Oct 18 2007, 2:54 pm
In response to Super Silly Stuart
Oct 18 2007, 2:54 pm
In response to Kakashi24142
so setting the actual mouse pointer to a .dmi file?
Oct 18 2007, 2:54 pm
In response to Super Silly Stuart
yep.
Oct 18 2007, 2:56 pm
In response to Kakashi24142
i dont get it, i use
mouse_over_pointer = MOUSE_ACTIVE_POINTER
and it errors.
Oct 18 2007, 2:56 pm
In response to Super Silly Stuart
.dm:16:error:mouse_over_pointer:undefined var
Oct 18 2007, 2:58 pm
In response to Super Silly Stuart
hmm mouse_over_pointer is an atom variable so it won't work for clients are the source.
Oct 18 2007, 2:59 pm
In response to Kakashi24142
so, how would i do this?
Oct 18 2007, 3:01 pm
In response to Super Silly Stuart
show me a snippet of how you are using it(show me the whole entire proc)
Oct 18 2007, 3:02 pm
In response to Kakashi24142
 
client
    MouseEntered(object,location,control,params)
        if(control=="output1")
            mouse_over_pointer = MOUSE_ACTIVE_POINTER
Oct 18 2007, 3:04 pm
In response to Super Silly Stuart
yup just as I though, the source of the var in this situation is the client which doesn't have a var of such type. So you can't use mouse_over_pointer in this situation. Change the mouse_pointer_icon to an icon file.
Oct 18 2007, 3:07 pm
In response to Kakashi24142
.dm:16:error:mouse_over_pointer:undefined var.
client
    MouseEntered(object,location,control,params)
        if(control=="output1")
            mouse_over_pointer = 'Mouse.dmi'
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