# Hide cursor over textbox

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-cursor-over-textbox/57841>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 16, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-cursor-over-textbox/57841 "2004-07-16T16:01:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![cameramano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@cameramano](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cameramano)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-cursor-over-textbox/57841/1 "2004-07-16T16:01:20Z")

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I’m working on a program where I’ve created a custom mouse cursor. It works great, but when I move my hidden mouse over a dynamic text box, the edit text cursor appears along with my custom mouse. How do I hide this dreaded “I” cursor?

Thanks for all the help in these forums. My previous trolling has been very educational!

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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:** [July 16, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-cursor-over-textbox/57841/2 "2004-07-16T16:16:38Z")

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I _could_ be wrong…but i don’t think you can…

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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:** [July 16, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-cursor-over-textbox/57841/3 "2004-07-16T19:56:50Z")

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Uncheck the selectable option on the properties panel or paste this actionscript on a frame:

```auto
textfieldinstancename.selectable = false;

```

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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:** [July 16, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-cursor-over-textbox/57841/4 "2004-07-16T20:00:37Z")

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Oh I thought he was working with an input textbox.

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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:** [July 16, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-cursor-over-textbox/57841/5 "2004-07-16T20:42:01Z")

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Thank you all! I’ll give that a shot and let you know how it works out.

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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:** [July 16, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-cursor-over-textbox/57841/6 "2004-07-16T20:54:07Z")

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It works!!! 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:** [July 16, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hide-cursor-over-textbox/57841/7 "2004-07-16T21:14:15Z")

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Welcome!