Mouse Icon

You can create an actor that always follows the mouse cursor. That's one way. You can actually change the cursor, but then you have to use the Cursor class in "java.awt." package.

Thanks for your response, but that wasn't what I was exactly looking for. I already looked into java.awt.Cursor before hand and this is the basics - a Cursor is essentially a special kind of image that can be used to replace the mouse's image, however (and this is a big however...) it will only be applied to a specific java.awt.Component. And so you get to my problem - you need to get the actual Component that the World is drawing to in order to change the mouse's image. So I was essentially asking how to get that component.

Suppose that there is an actor called "monster." The following line will examine if the mouse cursor is on that actor: if(Greenfoot.mouseMoved(Object monster)) { /* Change your mouse cursor */ }

I think PiRocks was asking how to get access to the applet component that Greenfoot draws onto, not how to tell if the mouse if over an actor o.O Either way, I don't think there is a way to do this in Greenfoot currently, as we need access to the *specific* component of the world that is painted on, and none of the methods available to us give us access. I think this would be an excellent candidate for a new feature request, although I myself am going to hold off after I nagged to hard for volume control :P

LOL! Builderboy2005, you'll get volume control in the next Greenfoot release (whenever that is). We've implemented it already (Michael Berry did the work). However: I don't think at this stage we'll add the ability to get access to the component the world is drawn on. PiRocks, I have an unofficial method for you, but I don't encourage its use and it might stop working in future Greenfoot versions. Basically: ... will give you access to the JPanel instance that the world is drawn on.

Maybe you can simply create a separate window (JFrame or JWindow) and program with it. It works separate from Greenfoot, but it allows you to handle various events...

I think adding a separate screen would kind of defeat the whole purpose of greenfoot. No matter though, we have what we need to make custom cursors :) I plan on uploading a demo to the gallery in a bit

Thanks davmac for the code. I'm glad I didn't have to search through the source like I did for my last major problem (collision detecting outside of the world, this was before Greenfoot 2).