# Hand Cursor not showing (yes, I tried that)

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hand-cursor-not-showing-yes-i-tried-that/271949
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 30, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hand-cursor-not-showing-yes-i-tried-that/271949 "2008-09-30T17:30:17Z")
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### Author: ![Loki\_develop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/71e660/32.png) [@Loki\_develop](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Loki_develop)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hand-cursor-not-showing-yes-i-tried-that/271949/1 "2008-09-30T17:30:17Z")

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I’ve been doing quite a bit of searching and I’ve tried quite a few things and I’m still not getting a hand cursor. I’ve tried buttonMode, useHandCursor, and mouseChildren (you can see below) and I’ve tried them individually and in different groupings and all the same result: no hand.

Am I not allowed to have a hand cursor on the hit area? Whats wrong with this picture?

```auto
var branch:String = buttons*;
  var elem:MovieClip = this[buttons*];
  var hit:MovieClip = this[buttons*+"_hit"];
  elem.hitArea = hit;
  hit.buttonMode = true;
  hit.useHandCursor = true;
  hit.mouseEnabled = false;
  hit.mouseChildren = false;
  elem.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, tweenForward);
  elem.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, tweenBackwards);
  elem.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, sproutInfo(branch));

```