Ability to change Mouse Pointers

Just_Ciaran

OKThenBye wrote:
rasmusolle wrote:
Not needed. Just make a sprite go to the mouse pointer
The system mouse pointer will still show above it.

So are you a supporter of this?

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jokebookservice1

alexphan wrote:
How can Flash change the system cursor?

Because the cursor can be controlled by the browser through CSS and Flash can communicate with the browser.

kittycat841

Support, I can see many uses for this.

not on scratch anymore sorry

alexphan

jokebookservice1 wrote:
alexphan wrote:
How can Flash change the system cursor?
Because the cursor can be controlled by the browser through CSS and Flash can communicate with the browser.

Wait, does the OP mean change the mouse to the cursor when you are about to click something?

cs156175

alexphan wrote:
jokebookservice1 wrote:
alexphan wrote:
How can Flash change the system cursor?
Because the cursor can be controlled by the browser through CSS and Flash can communicate with the browser.
Wait, does the OP mean change the mouse to the cursor when you are about to click something?

No, just in the project. things like

Hide mouse cursor::looks

Show mouse cursor::looks

Set this sprite to the mouse cursor::looks

alexphan

cs156175 wrote:
alexphan wrote:
jokebookservice1 wrote:
alexphan wrote:
How can Flash change the system cursor?
Because the cursor can be controlled by the browser through CSS and Flash can communicate with the browser.
Wait, does the OP mean change the mouse to the cursor when you are about to click something?
No, just in the project. things like
Hide mouse cursor::looks

Show mouse cursor::looks

Set this sprite to the mouse cursor::looks

Oh.

Well, I guess I will support for the hide/show cursor blocks only.

jokebookservice1

alexphan wrote:
cs156175 wrote:
alexphan wrote:
jokebookservice1 wrote:
alexphan wrote:
How can Flash change the system cursor?
Because the cursor can be controlled by the browser through CSS and Flash can communicate with the browser.
Wait, does the OP mean change the mouse to the cursor when you are about to click something?
No, just in the project. things like
Hide mouse cursor::looks

Show mouse cursor::looks

Set this sprite to the mouse cursor::looks
Oh.

Well, I guess I will support for the hide/show cursor blocks only.

Makes sense since the last one can be workarounded together with the hide cursor.

The cursor change can be made via the CSS cursor rule:

#project{
cursor: none;
}

Or with the JavaScript property change:

document.getElementById("project").style.cursor = "none";

(source from stackoverflow)

and that is just in CSS, remember in 1.4 the cursor was different to Scratch. I bet something similar can be done in Flash. *googles it*

Yes, you can do it in Flash
But Flash has to do the workaround of changing the cursor, since it only has the show and hide commands. Here it is in ActionScript 3:

Mouse.hide();

and

Mouse.show();

Yipee!

NoMod-Programming

jokebookservice1 wrote:
alexphan wrote:
cs156175 wrote:
alexphan wrote:
jokebookservice1 wrote:
alexphan wrote:
How can Flash change the system cursor?
Because the cursor can be controlled by the browser through CSS and Flash can communicate with the browser.
Wait, does the OP mean change the mouse to the cursor when you are about to click something?
No, just in the project. things like
Hide mouse cursor::looks

Show mouse cursor::looks

Set this sprite to the mouse cursor::looks
Oh.

Well, I guess I will support for the hide/show cursor blocks only.
Makes sense since the last one can be workarounded together with the hide cursor.

The cursor change can be made via the CSS cursor rule:
#project{
cursor: none;
}
Or with the JavaScript property change:
document.getElementById("project").style.cursor = "none";
(source from stackoverflow)

and that is just in CSS, remember in 1.4 the cursor was different to Scratch. I bet something similar can be done in Flash. *googles it*

Yes, you can do it in Flash
But Flash has to do the workaround of changing the cursor, since it only has the show and hide commands. Here it is in ActionScript 3:
Mouse.hide();
and
Mouse.show();
Yipee!

Actually its entirely possible to change the mouse cursor through flash. Just click one of the tool buttons at the top of scratch and see the cursor change. Because of this, it would not be difficult to make a new tab, similar to te costumes editor, but with a smaller size useful for mouse pointers. If you give me about 3 days (2 to get back home from vacation, and 1 to program), then I could build you a working proof of concept.

Edit: It's been a little more than 3 days. It's been roughly 10 months, and no proof of concept. Sorry, I just haven't had the time, but it's definitely possible.

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NoMod-Programming wrote:
jokebookservice1 wrote:
alexphan wrote:
cs156175 wrote:
alexphan wrote:
jokebookservice1 wrote:
alexphan wrote:
How can Flash change the system cursor?
Because the cursor can be controlled by the browser through CSS and Flash can communicate with the browser.
Wait, does the OP mean change the mouse to the cursor when you are about to click something?
No, just in the project. things like
Hide mouse cursor::looks

Show mouse cursor::looks

Set this sprite to the mouse cursor::looks
Oh.

Well, I guess I will support for the hide/show cursor blocks only.
Makes sense since the last one can be workarounded together with the hide cursor.

The cursor change can be made via the CSS cursor rule:
#project{
cursor: none;
}
Or with the JavaScript property change:
document.getElementById("project").style.cursor = "none";
(source from stackoverflow)

and that is just in CSS, remember in 1.4 the cursor was different to Scratch. I bet something similar can be done in Flash. *googles it*

Yes, you can do it in Flash
But Flash has to do the workaround of changing the cursor, since it only has the show and hide commands. Here it is in ActionScript 3:
Mouse.hide();
and
Mouse.show();
Yipee!
Actually its entirely possible to change the mouse cursor through flash. Just click one of the tool buttons at the top of scratch and see the cursor change. Because of this, it would not be difficult to make a new tab, similar to te costumes editor, but with a smaller size useful for mouse pointers. If you give me about 3 days (2 to get back home from vacation, and 1 to program), then I could build you a working proof of concept.

I was saying the same thing though, it is possible. Hmm, well I have WiFi only for today so I'll make my own which only has hide/show mouse pointer since the other one is workaoundable

EDIT: This is the account jokebookservice1 is moving to

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Sheep_maker

alexphan wrote:
How can Flash change the system cursor?

Why are we talking about Flash when the ST is working on Scratch 3 now which is not Flash?

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jokebookservice1

Sheep_maker wrote:
alexphan wrote:
How can Flash change the system cursor?
Why are we talking about Flash when the ST is working on Scratch 3 now which is not Flash?

They might release an update to the 2.0 editor though..

Just_Ciaran

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Ziggy741

Semi-support. It would be good for customizing projects, but what if someone made it so you can't see the mouse pointer? Also, some people might not like it.

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Just_Ciaran

Ziggy741 wrote:
Semi-support. It would be good for customizing projects, but what if someone made it so you can't see the mouse pointer? Also, some people might not like it.

If someone made it so you can't see the mouse pointer you can just move your mouse out of the project screen then. It would be the same as how a sprite can track the pointer. Also on how people might not like it, it's the same as any other type of thing such as how people might not like that a project is drawn in bitmap rather than vector (or vice versa). If they really hated it they could just see inside and change it that way

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Just_Ciaran

Bumped up again

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Techno-CAT

support, but if the mouse sprite costume is offset, mouse control can be difficult

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Just_Ciaran

Yes, but then it is the developers decision to easily fix it. Also the creator of the project might actually want that to be the case as it might be part of the game

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MasterJPixel

Support. I see a lot of uses for this.

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Just_Ciaran

Bump

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jokebookservice1

Just_Ciaran wrote:
Bumping it back up since I haven't had internet to reply that much to the comments. Also does Yipee! mean ‘I support’ jokebookservice1?

Yes

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