# Mouse.hide()

#### Availability

Flash Player 5.

#### Usage

    Mouse.hide()

#### Parameters

None.

#### Returns

A Boolean value: `true` if the pointer is visible, and `false` if the pointer is invisible.

#### Description

Method; hides the pointer in a movie. The pointer is visible by default.

#### Example

The following code, attached to a movie clip on the main Timeline, hides the standard pointer, and sets the x and y positions of the `customPointer_mc` movie clip instance to the x and y mouse positions in the main Timeline.

    onClipEvent(enterFrame){
    	Mouse.hide();
    	customPointer_mc._x = _root._xmouse;
    	customPointer_mc._y = _root._ymouse;
    }

#### See also

`Mouse.show()`, `MovieClip._xmouse`, `MovieClip._ymouse`