# Set mouse pointer position

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-mouse-pointer-position/94784>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 16, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-mouse-pointer-position/94784 "2003-11-16T20:06:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranoka](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ranoka/32/265_2.png) [@Ranoka](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ranoka)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-mouse-pointer-position/94784/1 "2003-11-16T20:06:37Z")

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Is it possible to set where the mouse pointer starts from?

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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:** [November 16, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-mouse-pointer-position/94784/2 "2003-11-16T20:21:47Z")

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What you mean?

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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:** [November 16, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-mouse-pointer-position/94784/3 "2003-11-16T20:24:47Z")

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I think he means, when the movie starts, have the mouse cursor set at a default x,y coordinate…

i tried to use

[AS]  
setProperty(\_root.\_xmouse, \_x, 200);  
setProperty(\_root.\_ymouse, \_y, 200);  
[/AS]

but, that didn’t work ☹

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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:** [November 16, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-mouse-pointer-position/94784/4 "2003-11-16T20:27:32Z")

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On my flash movie, I want to have the user start off with the mouse cursor in the top left hand corner of the flash player window. Is this possible? otherwise I’ll have to work out a work around.

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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:** [November 16, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-mouse-pointer-position/94784/5 "2003-11-16T20:31:19Z")

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No, it’s not possible.

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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:** [November 16, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-mouse-pointer-position/94784/6 "2003-11-16T20:37:01Z")

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yeah, I can probably see why not.

Would be so funny to have a flash footer that sucks up the mouse pointer if you run over it :trout:

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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:** [November 16, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-mouse-pointer-position/94784/7 "2003-11-16T20:41:18Z")

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Haha! Yeah, that would be funny indeed. 😛

… And very annoying too.

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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:** [November 16, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-mouse-pointer-position/94784/8 "2003-11-16T20:52:52Z")

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\_xmouse and \_ymouse are read-only properties 😉