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HideMouse(1)
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 11:00 am
by 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...
Re: HideMouse(1)
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 11:21 am
by RASHAD
Maybe you can use ReleaseMouse(State)
Re: HideMouse(1)
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 11:54 am
by SPH
Ho, thank you
It had to be put with an examinemouse() !
Thx
Re: HideMouse(1)
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 11:58 am
by RASHAD
You are welcome
Re: HideMouse(1)
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 1:00 pm
by 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
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#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)
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
Re: HideMouse(1)
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 1:37 pm
by Axolotl
Hi,
on windows you can use ShowCursor_(#False)
MSDN:
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int ShowCursor(
[in] BOOL bShow
);
Sorry, I must have missed that he needs a Linux solution.
Re: HideMouse(1)
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 2:02 pm
by 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.