xHot
Type
property
Summary
Specifies the horizontal position of the hot spot when an image is being used as a cursor.
Syntax
set the xHot of <image> to <pixels>
Description
Use the xHot property to specify the horizontal position of the hot spot of an image you want to use as a cursor.
A mouse cursor, regardless of its shape, always has a single active point or hot spot. For example, the arrow cursor's hot spot is at its tip, and to select an object, you must click it with the arrow tip.
The xHot property is the horizontal distance in pixels from the left edge of the image to the hot spot point.
The xHot of an image is equal to item 1 of the image's hotSpot property.
Examples
set the xHot of image ID 1023 to (the width of image ID 1023)
Related
object: image
property: cursor, yHot, pixels, hotSpot
glossary: property
Compatibility and Support
Introduced
LiveCode 1.0
OS
mac
windows
linux
Platforms
desktop