[Laszlo-dev] how to specify cursor offset (hotspot) for bitmap cursor assets?

[Max Carlson]

I think adding some attributes to the resource tag is the way to go. 
Ideally, the hot spot could be any shape, but a rectangle may be enough 
for now.  You may want to add height and width attributes also...

Henry Minsky wrote:
> I'm working on http://openlaszlo.org/jira/browse/LPP-8372. One of the 
> issues we have is that there's no way to specify the offset (  'hotspot' 
> ) of a cursor asset
> which is not a .swf file.
> 
> What would be the best way to do this?
> 
> I was thinking maybe we should add a new optional attribute for 
> <resource> which is "offsetx" and "offsety", and
> then the cursor resources could be declared that way
> 
>     <resource name="crosshair" src="cursor_crosshair.png" offsetx="8" 
> offsety="8"/>
> 
> or else maybe we make a special <cursor> tag which the LPS compiler 
> converts into a resource
> table entry?
> 
> Any thoughts on this?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Henry Minsky
> Software Architect
> hminsky at laszlosystems.com <mailto:hminsky at laszlosystems.com>
> 
> 

-- 
Regards,
Max Carlson
OpenLaszlo.org