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mouseH
Syntax
the mouseH
mouseH()
Description
System property and function; indicates the horizontal position of the mouse pointer. The value of mouseH
is the number of pixels the cursor is positioned from the left edge of the Stage.
The mouseH
function is useful for moving sprites to the horizontal position of the mouse pointer and checking whether the pointer is within a region of the Stage. Using the mouseH
and mouseV
functions together, you can determine the cursor's exact location.
The Director player for Java doesn't update the mouseH
function when Lingo is in a repeat loop.
This function can be tested but not set.
Example
This handler moves sprite 10 to the mouse pointer location and updates the Stage when the user clicks the mouse button:
on mouseDown sprite(10).locH = the mouseH sprite(10).locV = the mouseV updateStage end
Example
This statement tests whether the cursor is more than 10 pixels to the right or left of a starting point and if it is, sets the variable Far
to TRUE
:
if abs(mouseH() - startH) > 10 then draggedEnough = TRUE
See also
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