# Prevent hand pointer (NOT Mouse.hide)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prevent-hand-pointer-not-mouse-hide/218518>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 8, 2007, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prevent-hand-pointer-not-mouse-hide/218518 "2007-03-08T12:30:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![duncanhall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@duncanhall](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/duncanhall)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prevent-hand-pointer-not-mouse-hide/218518/1 "2007-03-08T12:30:21Z")

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I have a movieClip which has actions associated with its onRollOver event. I dont want this movieclip to be visible, I simply want it to represent an area on the stage which, when rolledOver, starts some actions.

I can’t use “\_visible = false” to hide the movieclip, as this stops the rollOver event from working. I’m therefore restrained to using “\_alpha = 0” to hide the movieClip.

But this causes the mouse icon to change to the hand pointer when the movieClip is rolledOver.

All I want is to have the mouse icon remain the same when the MC is rolled over. I don’t want to hide the mouse. I don’t want to create a custom cursor. I simply want to have the cursor remain consistent.

Any helpers?