# That ugly cursor in the SWF file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/that-ugly-cursor-in-the-swf-file/27408>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 2, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/that-ugly-cursor-in-the-swf-file/27408 "2003-08-02T02:55:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![gilgamesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@gilgamesh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gilgamesh)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/that-ugly-cursor-in-the-swf-file/27408/1 "2003-08-02T02:55:35Z")

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When I test a movie, the cursor turns to the common hand seen on the web, but when I open the actual swf file, its that cheesy looking hand…is there any way to change it to the universal hand pointer, so it doesnt look goofy when I distribute the movie as a swf file on a cd?

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:** [August 2, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/that-ugly-cursor-in-the-swf-file/27408/2 "2003-08-02T04:03:50Z")

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You could do something like this:  
[Global Mouse Cursor](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/globalmousecursor.htm)