Mouse Movement Triggers

Mouse Movement Triggers

The first menu in the Triggers tab is the Mouse menu. Opus can respond to the activity of the mouse when you move the mouse over or off an object or when you simply move the mouse.

$image\Trigger_Mouse_Over.jpg$	Mouse Over – When this trigger is used the action occurs as soon as the mouse cursor moves over the object and does not require the user to click the mouse button at all. This might be used to bring up a message relating to that object, such as notes or ‘tooltip’ in a Text object.
$image\Trigger_Mouse_Exit.jpg$	Mouse Exit – When this trigger is used the action occurs as soon as the mouse cursor moves off the object, irrespective of whether the mouse button has been clicked or not. This might be used to cancel, stop or reset the action started by the Mouse Over trigger.
$image\Trigger_Mouse_Move.jpg$	Mouse Move – When this trigger is used the action occurs as soon as the mouse moves! It does not require the user to click the mouse button or mouse over an object, the action simply happen as soon as the mouse moves. This is often used with the Move Object to Cursor action.

Setting up the Mouse Movement triggers:

Add the mouse movement trigger to your Actions Organiser, as described in Creating and Editing Actions.
Click on the Actions tab in the Actions dialog to select an action or actions to add to the trigger.
Go to Choosing an Action to list all of the actions you can add to your trigger.

Related Topics:

Introducing the Mouse triggers

Choosing a Trigger