AW: AW: beginners quest: set cursor to hand

Tiemo Hollmann TB toolbook at kestner.de
Wed Sep 10 06:31:08 EDT 2008


Bonjour Eric,
very helpful - that makes sense!
Tiemo

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> Von: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Eric Chatonet
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. September 2008 12:19
> An: How to use Revolution
> Betreff: Re: AW: beginners quest: set cursor to hand
> 
> Bonjour Tiemo,
> 
> Le 10 sept. 08 à 12:08, Tiemo Hollmann TB a écrit :
> 
> > Is there any situation, where you would set the cursor to anything
> > without locking it?
> 
> As soon as you set a cursor it will remain until the end of the
> handler that set it.
> It's the reason why in a very short mouseDown handler, you saw the
> 'hand' flashing briefly:
> The default cursor is reset when the handler finishes then you have
> to lock it if you want it to remain.
> 
> But there are cases when you might want the cursor change only during
> handler execution, especially to switch it to 'watch', indicating to
> the user he has to wait.
> Default cursor will be reset automatically when the handler finishes,
> e.g. when the user has no longer any reason to wait ;-)
> You can use the 'busy' cursor also: see cursor, defaultCursor, lock
> and unlock cursor in the docs...
> 
> Best regards from Paris,
> Eric Chatonet.
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