# The "hand" cursor

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-hand-cursor/184422>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 5, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-hand-cursor/184422 "2006-04-05T01:44:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Intense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Intense](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Intense)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-hand-cursor/184422/1 "2006-04-05T01:44:38Z")

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Can someone please inform me as to how to make it so that when I rollover a movie clip acting as a button the “hand” cursor doesn’t display, rather it retains the normal avatar of a mouse?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-hand-cursor/184422/2 "2006-04-05T01:45:47Z")

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Why would you want to do this? It decreases the usability of your site. I suggest you keep the normal cursor.

If you have some reason you must (as in, it’s not really acting like a button or something crazy like that)… you can use a custom cursor with a screenshot of a cursor (it won’t be perfect, as they change by computer, but it’ll be close): [http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Actionscripting/Basic/Custom\_C-mcBassTN-691/more2.php](http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Actionscripting/Basic/Custom_C-mcBassTN-691/more2.php)

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**Author:** ![creatify](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@creatify](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creatify)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-hand-cursor/184422/3 "2006-04-05T01:48:28Z")

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mybuttonclip.useHandCursor = false;

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-hand-cursor/184422/4 "2006-04-05T01:49:13Z")

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Oh, heh. My point stands, that you shouldn’t use this.

[whisper]I never use Flash… that’ll explain why I didn’t get this one. I just googled it. ;)[/whisper]

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**Author:** ![creatify](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@creatify](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creatify)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-hand-cursor/184422/5 "2006-04-05T18:12:13Z")

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I agree that turning the handcursor off is counter intuitive - unless, like mentioned earlier, the button is more of an ambient activation or if its just a tool tip or rollover effect - in those cases, I think a user can be confused if they see the hand, and the button doesn’t do anything on click.