Detecting if Mouse Leaves Flash?

I've been trying to find a solution for several days in
reliably detecting if the mouse leaves the Flash window. When I do
a trace of the mouse movement, the last pixel is rarely the edge of
the window, so I can't just code to shut everything off if the
mouse is on the last pixel of the stage.
Example
Movie
In this example, I have a hitTest for the bottom row of
buttons. It activates the button and makes it slide up. Then on top
of this movie clip are other buttons (which is why I'm using a
hitTest instead of a button to control the slider). But if you exit
out of the movie from the bottom, the button you were last on stays
up. So frustrating!
Any ideas how to get this to shut off? I've heard of checking
to see if you haven't moved your mouse for some time, but this
doesn't seem to be a good solution either since sometimes you don't
know if the user just isn't moving their mouse but still wants to
keep it open.

you have to use javascript to reliably detect if the mouse
leaves the stage in as2.

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Detect when mouse leaves movie

I need an actionscript element that will detect when the
users mouse has left the swf movie. I cannot use js or anything
else as i need to 'reset' the swf when the mouse exits. If there is
an alternative solution to this problem, please let me know.
Thanks!

you can use javascript to capture the mouse position and
determine when it's outside your swf , but as of how to do that, i
have no idea. look in help or documentation (javascript
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I put together a quick test, but I'm not sure what the results mean.
Lynn, one of the tests uses windows API (although you can run the other one).
Shane, sorry, only 7.1 on this PC.
Message Edited by tst on 07-12-2005 08:38 PM
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Triggering rollouts when mouse leaves stage

Ever since I can remember, I have been frustrated by the fact
that when the users mouse leaves the stage, the flash player
doesn't properly trigger an event. That means any buttons at the
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In AS3 there is a Stage Class which has a mouseLeave event.
"Dispatched by the Stage object when the mouse pointer moves
out of the Flash Player window area."
Within that event you should be able to properly set the
state of your application or any controls.
Hope that helps,
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Hi, first sorry for my bad english...
Well I have an issue with the left click (i have mighty mouse) and flash content in Firefox:
if i'm using Firefox and then change to any other app, when i get back to firefox i have no left click anymore...
So i have to open the mouse setting panel and everything works fine again...
I don't want to open the mouse panel over and over again to fix that, so what i can do?
THANKS in advance =)
I uploaded a video to show the issue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROWSod5fUjk
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Left Click + Right Click
Firefox ver: 3.5.5
Snow Leopard: 10.6.2
iMac 24" (iMac9,1)
Message was edited by: MaLk Gopher

Hi, Guys!!
And you have some right cosmic_hippo , Why?
Well think that the real problem it's something between Firefox and Flash content...
because if i use Safari and i try make what i describe in the first post, i don't have any problem with the mouse settings.
Only Happens when i use Firefox...
Cheers.
Well the issue is still there...

Magic Mouse continually flashing light

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You are my hero!!!!
I have had exactly the same problem with my mouse. green light underneath the magic mouse double flashing. No connection to my iMac.
Took the mouse back to the Apple store and they tested it and swapped for a new one (can't complain about customer service there, very good).
Still didn't work though when I got back home.
Just tried what you said, deleted the mouse from the list and re-added it - it works!!
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I am using Oracle 9i Forms on windows 2000 Server.
My Form [32 bit] Builder Version is : 9.0.2.7.0
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I have applied this trigger on an ITEM in a DATA BLOCK but the Trigger is not fired when i leave the item using the mouse.
Can any one guide me, as i may be missing something important.
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When-mouse-leave

db and dev 10g rel2 ,
hi all ,
i am trying to use when-mouse-leave for the first time , and i know that it fires when the mouse cursor leaves an item , and that is the functionality i want ,
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- two text items (t1, t2,t3) ;
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in the code i've written :
set_item_property('t2',visible,property_false) ;
it did not work , without any errors or messages ?. , -- this problem also happens with when-mouse-enter trigger ?
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Post-text-item runs when cursor (focus) leaves the field. It runs when you click into another field, or use Tab or Enter to leave the field. I believe it also runs during query processing when data in the row is being populated by the fetch process.
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I cannot believe Oracle is so lazy that they haven't updated the online help.

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I'm new to Adobe Edge and I'm not really familiar with either CSS or javascript but I'm getting better. I've been trying to work on the navigational menu for my website for two weeks and the progress is very slow. I finally got the dropdown menu to happen correctly, except one thing. When I scroll down on the "AccomButton" and move the mouse past the 50% point of the object, the animation for the "up" occurs. I have it set to do this on "mouseleave". This seems to be the only instance in which the "up" animation is occuring wrongly. If I hover on any of the top 50% of the "AccomButton", it stays in the down or "stop" position.
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         // play the timeline from the given position (ms or label)
         sym.play("drop");
      //Edge binding end
      Symbol.bindElementAction(compId, symbolName, "${_Accommodations}", "mouseleave", function(sym, e) {
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      //Edge binding end
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         // (replace "_self" with appropriate target attribute for a new window)
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      //Edge binding end
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   //Edge symbol end:'stage'
})(jQuery, AdobeEdge, "EDGE-379000071");

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I am upgrading some forms and facing some porblem while using WHEN_MOUSE_LEAVE trigger. Actually this trigger is not wokring. Could anyone please help me out in this matter.
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Many Thanks in advance.
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email : [email protected]

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Try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox (you need to close and restart Firefox).
*Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
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*disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash#Troubleshooting

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