HideMouse(1)

[SPH]

Hi,

I would like to hide the mouse to make way for an improved arrow sprite. ChatGPT tells me that we can use HideMouse(1) but this instruction does not exist/no longer exists.
What instruction should I use (no API please because it must be Linux compatible)?

Many thanks for this insignificant problem...

[RASHAD]

Maybe you can use ReleaseMouse(State)

[SPH]

Ho, thank you

It had to be put with an examinemouse() !


Thx

[RASHAD]

You are welcome

[moulder61]

@SPH

I might be misunderstanding what you are trying to do, but it sounds a bit like the problem I had trying to convert Puzzle of Mystralia to work in Linux and had 2 cursors showing? The original plus your custom one.

In that case, ExamineMouse() would hide the standard cursor, but then you lost the use of the mouse. Not ideal in a mouse based game!

ReleaseMouse(#True) restores both the usage of the mouse and the standard cursor too, so you're no better off.

I found some code on the forum that solved the problem perfectly, but trimmed it down to just the necessary to get the job done.
It was from a post by Shardik. viewtopic.php?p=525626#p525626

This is what I ended up with.

Moulder.

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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Added code to hide cursor in Linux
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
#GDK_BLANK_CURSOR = -2

ImportC ""
  gtk_widget_get_window(*Widget.GtkWidget)
EndImport
Cursor = gdk_cursor_new_(#GDK_BLANK_CURSOR)

gdk_window_set_cursor_(gtk_widget_get_window(WindowID(win)), Cursor)
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

[Axolotl]

Hi,
on windows you can use ShowCursor_(#False)
MSDN:

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int ShowCursor(
  [in] BOOL bShow
);

MSDN ShowCursor()

Sorry, I must have missed that he needs a Linux solution.

[moulder61]

@Axolotl

Those commands don't work on Linux, so I had to find a way around it.

SPH mentioned he wanted it compatible with Linux, but my fix probably makes it incompatible with Windows? Doh!

Moulder.