# Custom cursor and hyperlink not getting along

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-cursor-and-hyperlink-not-getting-along/6020>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 27, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-cursor-and-hyperlink-not-getting-along/6020 "2002-09-27T17:25:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Aikido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@Aikido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Aikido)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-cursor-and-hyperlink-not-getting-along/6020/1 "2002-09-27T17:25:41Z")

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Ok, here’s the problem.  
I have a custom cursor.  
When I mouse over a hyperlink in the movie, the text crosshair cursor appears, alongside the custom cursor.  
Is there a way to stop the text crosshair cursor from showing when I mouse over a hyperlink?

or a Text Input Box?

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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:** [September 27, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-cursor-and-hyperlink-not-getting-along/6020/2 "2002-09-27T17:31:42Z")

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make your text field unselectable.

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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:** [September 27, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-cursor-and-hyperlink-not-getting-along/6020/3 "2002-09-27T19:27:33Z")

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It’s input text, and a hyperlink.  
Input text by default is selectable.

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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:** [September 28, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-cursor-and-hyperlink-not-getting-along/6020/4 "2002-09-28T00:02:31Z")

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umm im not exactly positive… but if you make it dynamic text… you can make it unselectable… and then make it a button… and use the getURL(“[http://www.blah.com](http://www.blah.com)”); like that

so it would be…

on(press){  
getURL(“whatever”);  
}

dunno if this will help or not but i tried…