mouse position

[toshesh]

Hi,

I want to be able to continuously display (refreshing) the x,y positions of the mouse in a textfield. could anyone give me an answer quickly?

thanks in advance!!!

[CyanBlue]

Howdy...

Check out the _xmouse and _ymouse properties... ;)

[toshesh]

Hi CyanBlue,

I've tried the _xmouse, _ymouse but they only show the coordinates once and wont change. I need to refresh as I move the mouse.

[CyanBlue]

That's why your gotta put that code in the onEnterFrame handler... ;)_level0.onEnterFrame = function ()
{
trace(_level0._xmouse + " : " + _level0._ymouse);
someTextField.text = _level0._xmouse + " : " + _level0._ymouse;
}

[toshesh]

Thanks for your help!!

I don't think I've got this fully right yet... I have a movie clip on layer called "DropDown" and the instance of the movie clip is called "bar".

_root.onClipEvent.enterFrame() {
�@�@�@trace(_level0._xmouse + " : " + _level0._ymouse);
_root.mname = _level0._xmouse;
_root.loc = _level0._ymouse;
}

[CyanBlue]

Try this sample...

[toshesh]

thanks it works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

[TriKri]

Do you have to use _level0? Say that you actually got two levels, is there any difference between _level0._xmouse and _level1.xmouse? I only have one level in my project so for me _level0 is the same as _root, I guess? and if you are inside a movieclip, is there any difference between this._xmouse (or just _xmouse) and _root._xmouse?

[raubana]

It's easy! just make two dynamic text fields on a one-frame movie. lable one as _xmouse and the other as _ymouse. If it dousn't work, put "_root." in front of each name. Kudos!:p

[minthu]

Create one text field and give an instance name (e.g. yourtextinstance) on the root timeline and put the following codes on the layer actions.

onMouseMove = function ()
{
trace(_xmouse + " | " + _ymouse);
yourtextinstance.text = "x: " + _xmouse + " | y: " + _ymouse;
}