[08 Apr 2011] Change Mouse Pointer

[nexus]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Fri, 8 Apr 2011 10:08:26 +0200 (CEST)

I tried to change the mouse pointer with some png-mouse-pointer image (with and without alpha channel) -- downloaded from the internet and/or created with gimp. However, the proportions are always wrong and also the colors, so the pointer really looks ugly and is hardly recognized at all.

Displaying PNG-Pictures in hollywood is however not a problem.

Are there any special requirements on the brush that can be used as mouse pointer - and which i missed in the documentation?

Thanks, Tom

[airsoftsoftwair]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:21:54 +0200

I tried to change the mouse pointer with some png-mouse-pointer image (with and without alpha channel) -- downloaded from the internet and/or created with gimp. However, the proportions are always wrong and also the colors, so the pointer really looks ugly and is hardly recognized at all.

You mean on OS3? That's normal OS3 mouse pointers are hardware sprites and thus limited by the custom chip hardware, so Hollywood has to map them down to 4 colors and 16x16 pixels I think... this will of course look pretty ugly On all other systems it should be working fine (except AROS which currently lacks custom mouse pointer support)

[nexus]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:37:49 +0200

Makes sense, thanks. I may try to find a simple 16x16 4-colour pointer for OS3 then, because I just need a visual feedback when changing hwbeamer to a "edit"-mode. A simple black error would be enough for that purpose.

Thanks, Tom