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Dumpsomer YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 1	Moving the mouse pointer in Processing. Apr 23rd, 2009, 10:01am   Is it possible to change the position of the mouse pointer? I want to always keep the mouse pointer at the middle of the screen. So everytime when the user move the cursor, it will calculate the direction then go right back to the center.

pedro veneroso YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 41	Re: Moving the mouse pointer in Processing. Reply #1 - Apr 23rd, 2009, 10:24am   you could do that using noCursor(); to hide the os' cursor thereafter redrawing it on the position you want from inside processing [using a png image of a cursor, for example, to substitute the actual cursor].
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PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: Moving the mouse pointer in Processing. Reply #2 - Apr 23rd, 2009, 1:05pm   Check the Robot class of Java. Of course, you are aware this can be a major usability issue...