Hand cursor

[Rajah]

Hi!

I did draw a Text Field with Action: Mouse Click Go To URL
Hand cursor is checked.
The link works, but no hand is visable.
What to do?

[Sebastian]

Text doesn't work like button and does not have all its properties.
You will need to create button or graphic symbol using the rectangular tool.

[Rajah]

Thanks Sebastian!

Will transform it into graphics.

[Hopki]

Hi
If you want the flexibility of using the text tool, you can just draw a rectangle over the text box and put the actions in that, just make the rectangle alpha 0.005. it will be completely invisible but the hand cursor will work.

This is no better than making an image, but just gives you that added flexibility if you want to change the text for nay reason.
Regards
Hopki

[Rajah]

Thanks Martin,

Will experiment with that too.

Thanks!

[hum@no.id]

just enclose the tag

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<a href="#">your text</a> 

enjoy

[Rajah]

And the winner is.....

Thanks!

[Hopki]

Nice one hum,
Just to add also works with place holders, so just replace "Your Text" with $hs, very cool.
Hopki

[Sebastian]

just enclose the tag

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<a href="#">your text</a> 

enjoy

The problem with that solution is, that if you run standalone app, on PC it will force browser window to open with your files directory where the projector is running. On Mac it will open FINDER. I tried that long time ago and it had very inconsistent behaviors across different client's computers and Os.

As for Hopki suggestion of Alpha, yes it will work and I tried that too before. But number one rule when comes to compiling Flash files, is to avoid unnecessary Alpha transparencies, as they are very CPU intensive. You might not notice with one or two links, but once you apply that practice to complex project, with other Alpha behaviors applied to buttons etc... and use cross fade transitions between panoramas, you will notice performance drop. Especially that Panorama usually utilize large part of the screen and large raster image, all of which are the number 1 Flash's CPU consumers.
To top that, in particular avoid alpha levels that are not fully opaque as they are the most CPU intensive.

This has been an issues since Flash's incarnation going back almost 13 years, and even now, with so much more improved Adobe Flash Player, the latest Flash CS5 guideline indicate to use Alphas with caution. Especially that more of our products nowadays end up on devices, with very small CPU to support it.

regards
Sebastian

[Sebastian]

Please check the following URL. It's a list of other CPU intensive elements, which you should try to avoid if possible, or at least substitute with another effect. It makes really good guideline in designing your future projects.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flash/cs/us ... F4D91.html

regards
Sebastian

[Rajah]

Thanks Sebastian,

Button or graphic it will be!