fieldOfView | SPi-V devCursor type
Submitted by Valec on November 24, 2004 - 16:34.
The possibility of change the cursor type with a user defined image for any type op node or also for node that admit the "hover" class.
Or, more simply, the possibility of changing the cursor amorng a predeterminated set of choice.
Not currently
The change of cursor from a four arrow thing to a pointing hand indicates to the user that he/she can click to initiate something. So if there's no click-action (either mouse down or mouse up) attached to an element, it will not show a different cursor.
If you really want a specific element to show a hand cursor, what you could do is attach a action with event "press" to it and a dummy/unknown type. That will fool SPi-V in thinking something happens.
Custom cursors are not yet on my list of features to implement, but they could be if you have a compelling reason...
Custom cursors
Hi Aldo,
I would like to encourage you to make it possible to use custom cursors. It's sometimes nice to have one cursor for mouse-over and another for after the mouse is clicked, to show the user that the action was initiated and perhaps while waiting, say, for a new pano to load.
Further, sometimes it's nice to have one cursor for a hotspot that loads a pano, and a different cursor for a hotpot that loads a web page or pops up a still image or plays a sound. I'd say this is not top priority, but it would be good to have at some point.
Or just a little bit more "el
Or just a little bit more "elegant" cursors: see http://www.studioargento.com/3dtest/
those are really QT like (maybe there is a copyright on them), but u can think to make some small difference...
And arrow keys movements!!!
toni
Ah, those...
I don't really 'get' what these pointers are supposed to tell me that I don't know already. They show you the direction the pano is panning in, right? Well, doesn't the pano itself show that already?
On the subject of QuicktimeVR cursors, I always thought the standard Quicktime VR 'dotted circle' pointer was bad design. What does that tell you? Nothing, until you click and drag. At least 'mine' tells the user there's 'something' about the 4 directions.
Nevertheless, considder them considdered, though they are low priority at the moment.
Arrow key navigation, though another topic altogether, are being considdered.
loading cursor...
Is it possible to have "loading cursor" after clicking a hot-spot?
Because when you have a big project with many panoramas in Director ....the user could think that computer halted because there is no movements of mouse for about 1-2 seconds (because next panorama is loading).
Karol