problem with useHandCursor

[bobby solo]

hi all,

does anyone know whats wrong with this piece of code. i have a text field within a movieclip and i would like the hand cursor to show when the mouse passes over it. but the hand won't show, i'm not sure if the text field is influencing the outcome.

thanks for any help :toad:


var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
mc.useHandCursor = true;
addChild(mc);

var printfield:TextField = new TextField();
printfield.border= true;
printfield.selectable = false;
mc.addChild(printfield);

[senocular]

useHandCursor only works when mc.buttonMode = true.

[bobby solo]

thanks for the answer, unfortunately it doesn't work. tried it out before this post.

[senocular]

the textfield is interfering. Use

printfield.mouseEnabled = false;

[bobby solo]

thanks senocular,

does the job great now. here are the changes if anyone ever has the same problem.


var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
mc.useHandCursor = true;
mc.buttonMode = true;
addChild(mc);

var printfield:TextField = new TextField();
printfield.border= true;
printfield.selectable = false;
printfield.mouseEnabled = false;
mc.addChild(printfield);

[jarin]

thanks senocular,

does the job great now. here are the changes if anyone ever has the same problem.


hm i'm having a similar problem but this isn't helping..here's my code that's attached to my mc if anyone can help!



onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
useHandCursor = true;
buttonMode = true;
if (this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)) {
_root.scrollbox_mc.content_mc.box01.nextFrame();
} else {
_root.scrollbox_mc.content_mc.box01.prevFrame();
}
}

[lewi-p]

jarin,

buttonMode only works in AS3...the code you're using is AS2. Whatever object it is that you have this onClipEvent on, you'll need to convert it to a button for the hand cursor to show.

Remove the useHandCursor & buttonMode lines from the onClipEvent too.

*EDIT*
...or you could just add;

on (rollOver){}

to the actions of your object...that would show the handCursor too.

lewi-p