On Mouse Roll-Over

Scope

• Book Page content object > Object > Actions > On Mouse Roll-Over property

Purpose

This property is used to define the action(s) that should be performed when the mouse cursor is moved over the parent object on the screen. Note that if you trigger the display of another object, this second object is not automatically hidden as soon as the mouse cursor is moved out of the trigger object - you would need to define an On Mouse Roll-Out property to do this.

Note that this event will be triggered as soon as the cursor moves within the boundaries of the parent object. If the object is an image with a transparent background, or you are using a non-rectangle shape, the boundaries of the object may not necessarily correspond to the visible elements of the object. For images, try to crop them a closely as possible, to minimize this effect.

Use

When activated, this property presents a text box with just an Add link available in it. Clicking on this link inserts a two-column table row above this link. The link can be used to add further actions to be performed when the mouse cursor is moved over the object. All actions are performed at exactly the same time, when the mouse cursor is moved over the parent object. If you want to stagger their execution, trigger a Time Control and specify the individual actions and their timing in that.

For details of the contents of the 'action table' and how to define actions, refer to Defining actions.