Hiding Mouse Pointer

schern

Is it possible to make the mouse pointer hide automatically when playing a scratch game. If so please tell me how. If it isn't possible, so I don't wonder why no one is giving me an answer, tell me.

DD-8861

I do not think it is possible for scratch to hide the mouse pointer

deck26

Not possible.

schern

Thanks

Miner3141

schern wrote:
Is it possible to make the mouse pointer hide automatically when playing a scratch game. If so please tell me how. If it isn't possible, so I don't wonder why no one is giving me an answer, tell me.

It is not possible to hide the computer mouse, but mine hides itself if still for too long…

You could create your own custom mouse…and use that to hide it…otherwise there's not much that can be done

jamisonthornton

No, without making a sprite and using that to do it, it just isn't possible sadly. Scratch team should ad that as an feature, like… for "Scratcher."
Here is the code though if you wanted to make it follow the pointer… you probably knew.

when green flag clicked
forever
go to [mouse pointer v]
end

Hope this helped!

(Have Fun!)

Za-Chary

I posted this on an earlier topic, but the ability to hide your mouse-pointer would worry me. Even at Scratcher status, I think a lot of users would do something like this if they were to make a custom mouse-pointer:

when green flag clicked
forever
go to x: ((mouse x) + (50)) y: ((mouse y) + (50))
end

And, that seems like it would be really annoying and confusing for a lot of people.

PlactoQwerty

There is one way to do this: Have the player hold down any button throughout the project. Depending on if your computer does this or not, if a button is held down the cursor should disappear. Sometimes the cursor will flash back up, that just happens sometimes. This method works on my chromebook, but it doesn't work on my mac, that is all i know.

DylanSearch

You can always move your mouse all the way to the right. You probably will hardly even notice it.

deck26

PlactoQwerty wrote:
There is one way to do this: Have the player hold down any button throughout the project. Depending on if your computer does this or not, if a button is held down the cursor should disappear. Sometimes the cursor will flash back up, that just happens sometimes. This method works on my chromebook, but it doesn't work on my mac, that is all i know.

Don't think that counts as an automatic solution.

JT2600

deck26 wrote:
PlactoQwerty wrote:
There is one way to do this: Have the player hold down any button throughout the project. Depending on if your computer does this or not, if a button is held down the cursor should disappear. Sometimes the cursor will flash back up, that just happens sometimes. This method works on my chromebook, but it doesn't work on my mac, that is all i know.
Don't think that counts as an automatic solution.

That no longer works on Chrome OS (if it ever did, i might have misunderstood that), as the cursor will pop up when moved, and you have to press the key again (i.e. un-press and re-press) in order to hide it.

chipm0nk

Sorry, I don't think there is a way to hide the mouse in Scratch.

TheSillyClown

when green flag clicked
if <4.0 Releases> then
There should be a block saying hide mouse pointer
end

coder2045

schern wrote:
Is it possible to make the mouse pointer hide automatically when playing a scratch game. If so please tell me how. If it isn't possible, so I don't wonder why no one is giving me an answer, tell me.

It's not possible.

coder2045

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TheSillyClown wrote:

when green flag clicked
if <4.0 Releases> then
There should be a block saying hide mouse pointer
end

According to Za-Chary, he/she dosen't expect a Scratch 4.0 until at least 2025.
Oh, and please don't blockspam.

Last edited by coder2045 (Oct. 3, 2019 01:37:52)

bushturret

The only possible way I can think of is making the backdrop blend in with the cursor. Then you will have to make the custom cursor blend in but not the outline. And the final step is just a simple, “Sprite follows cursor script.”

when green flag clicked
forever
go to [ mouse-pointer]
end

cs3624959

Sadly, you can't do that. On most computers pressing a button will hide a mouse cursor automatically, or you can have the cursor blend with the background. But most OS's now have 2-colored mouse cursors to prevent this, so really there's not much you can do.

Kenzient

(Wish there was a way, but sadly there isn't! 
Scratch 4.0 should add it in the future though.)

deck26

Kenzient wrote:

(Wish there was a way, but sadly there isn't! 
Scratch 4.0 should add it in the future though.)

Unlikely to be the case in my opinion.

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