Hello All!
I’ve got a flash movie that is a menu with a photo that is approximatly 700x300. I want an action that will trigger when the mouse leaves the flash movie all together. Is this possibe?
Is there a way to have have my movie know when the mouse is not in it and trigger something?
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There is no good way until AS3, so either make the switch now or use a big transparent button.
Or you might be able to use JS to detect when the div the SWF is in loses focus. Not really sure if this is possible though.
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[QUOTE=TheCanadian;1985502]Or you might be able to use JS to detect when the div the SWF is in loses focus. Not really sure if this is possible though.[/QUOTE]Wouldn’t you have to actually click outside the SWF to lose focus?
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I used the wrong term, you can use this script to detect when the mouse leaves the div:
In FLA:
```auto
//requires TextField with instance name mouseStatus
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
ExternalInterface.addCallback("mouseLeave", this, function ():Void {
this.mouseStatus.text = "mouse is out";
});
ExternalInterface.addCallback("mouseEnter", this, function ():Void {
this.mouseStatus.text = "mouse is in";
});
```
In HTML:
```auto
Detecting When Mouse Leaves Stage
```
:hoser:
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okay everyone is getting extremly complex for no reason why not something like
if(\_xmouse\<=5 or \_xmouse\>=690){
/_actions_/
}
would that not work if you just went a little bit inside of the borders and repeat that code for both x and y mouse coordinates. i dont see why that wont work.
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Sticking with the big invisible button/movieclip is easiest as it avoids any cross-browser issues, and makes it simple to trigger events.
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