# Getting 'rollover' to follow mouse

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-rollover-to-follow-mouse/202649>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 3, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-rollover-to-follow-mouse/202649 "2006-10-03T13:35:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Reverend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Reverend](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Reverend)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-rollover-to-follow-mouse/202649/1 "2006-10-03T13:35:03Z")

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Hey there lovely clever ppl (butt-kissing should help)…

Please have a look: [http://www.fishgraphics.co.uk/menuidea/](http://www.fishgraphics.co.uk/menuidea/)

This is just something I threw together to demo what I want.

That red keyline, I want it to follow the mouse. There will actually be about a dozen links on the left of the page and they will be static. i want it so that you roll over a blurred bit of text and the red box follows the mouse (obvously sticking to the left of the sreen) to bring the text into focus.

How can I do this? and can I still make the red box a mask for the underlying layer if the red box is animated?

Any help mucho appreciated, amigos.

Matt:mario: