Cursor change over GUI button

[sloppy]

How would I get the cursor to change if it goes over a GUI button?
I tried this:

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 if (GetLocationType(mouse.x,mouse.y) == buttonname) {
    mouse.Mode = eModePointer;
}

But it says "cannot convert GetLocationType to Button."   I can't seem to get this.

[Ashen]

GetLocationType(mouse.x,mouse.y) only returns whether the mouse is  character, hotspot, object or nothing - GUIs are counted as nothing, so obviously you can't get the Control name from that. Instead, use GUIControl.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y). Just substitute it in, the code looks fine otherwise.

[monkey0506]

Actually Buttons aren't the same as generic GUIControl pointers.

So he would have to do:

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GUIControl* controlat = GUIControl.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y);
if ((controlat != null) && (controlat.AsButton == buttonname)) {
  mouse.Mode = eModePointer;
  }

Or the like.

[Ashen]

That's probably better practice, but:

Code: ags

if (GUIControl.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x,mouse.y) == buttonname) {
    mouse.Mode = eModePointer;
}

works.

If you wanted to do something TO the button (e.g. change it's text or graphic) you might have to do it monkey's way.

[monkey0506]

Hmm...I didn't realize that GUIControl pointers were comparable to derived types.  Thanks for the clarification (correction).

[sloppy]

Thanks guys.  That works.