# Cursor

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 7, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447 "2002-10-07T18:33:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Storm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Storm)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/1 "2002-10-07T18:33:56Z")

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i am trying to find a tutorial for flash MX to create a custom cursor…anyone know of one or can someone help me? i’d like to change the regular arrow to black and give it a drop shadow…and well thats only one case which is why a tutorial would be nice so that i can change it to other things according to the site

thanks  
😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/2 "2002-10-07T18:37:58Z")

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First follow this tutorial…

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/follow.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/follow.asp)

Then just add this action into the mix…

Mouse.hide();

Voila, instant mouse cursor change.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/3 "2002-10-07T18:40:32Z")

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merci :hat:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/4 "2002-10-07T19:07:43Z")

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You can go one step further and make custom mouseover cursors.

Just use the

this.useHandCursor = false;

To get rid of the annoying hand cursor, then add add a “telltarget” statement to gotoAndStop on Frame 2 of your cursor movie clip (which will be your mouseover image).

Altogether it will look something like this…

```auto
on (rollOver) {
this.useHandCursor = false;
_root.mouseCursor.gotoAndStop(2);
}
on (rollOut) {
_root.mouseCursor.gotoAndStop(1);
}

```

Where mouseCursor is the instance name of your movie clip for a cursor. I actually didn’t test this, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/5 "2002-10-07T19:14:14Z")

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You can also follow this tutorial: [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/globalmousecursor.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/globalmousecursor.asp) 😛

Et voilà!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/6 "2002-10-07T19:38:50Z")

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Yeah, I saw that one too, but I figured the first one would be a much easier method.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/7 "2002-10-07T20:54:02Z")

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et encore je vous remerci…je ne sais pas ecrire avec les accents, en bon je ne sais pas tres bien ecrire en francais…but anyway thanks guys 😏

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/8 "2002-10-07T20:58:41Z")

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Um… no speaka the frencha…LOL.

No problem though 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/9 "2002-10-07T22:27:58Z")

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I’m telling you, the French are taking over Flash forums everywhere…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/10 "2002-10-07T22:34:25Z")

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i’m not french :q:=)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/11 "2002-10-07T22:51:50Z")

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Nevermind, you speak French, you will be spared…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/12 "2002-10-08T00:02:04Z")

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Man, I don’t have time to learn French ☹

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/13 "2002-10-08T00:09:02Z")

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I speak kitchen French (saute’ , emonder’, filet, thyme & Bay Leaf, etc.)

does that count? :-\

Rev:elderly:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursor/6447/14 "2002-10-08T04:17:54Z")

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oh ilyas you are so kind to allow me to be spared i feel sorry for the rest of them 😛