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

[Max Carlson]

On second thought, maybe being able to specify an offset for the 
resource itself is all we really need for now...

Max Carlson wrote:
> 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>
>>
>>
> 

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Regards,
Max Carlson
OpenLaszlo.org