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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > MovieClip > useHandCursor (MovieClip.useHandCursor property)

useHandCursor (MovieClip.useHandCursor property)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the pointing hand (hand cursor) appears when the mouse rolls over a movie clip. The default value of the useHandCursor property is true. The movie clip must have an onRelease event handler defined for the useHandCursor property to take effect. If useHandCursor is set to true, the pointing hand used for buttons appears when the mouse rolls over a movie clip that has an onRelease event handler defined. If useHandCursor is false, the arrow pointer is used instead.

You can change the useHandCursor property at any time; the modified movie clip immediately uses the new cursor behavior. The useHandCursor property can be read out of a prototype object.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6

Example

The following example sets the useHandCursor property for two movie clips called myMC1_mc and myMC2_mc. The property is set to true for one instance, and false for the other instance. Notice how both instances can still receive events.

myMC1_mc.onRelease = traceMC;
myMC2_mc.onRelease = traceMC;
myMC2_mc.useHandCursor = false;

function traceMC() {
    trace("you clicked: "+this._name);
};

See also

onRelease (MovieClip.onRelease handler)

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