set_mouse_sprite_focus(3alleg4)

✨ set_mouse_sprite_focus ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro manual 💖 this one's a lil cutie from the Allegro game programming library, and it's literally just about telling your mouse pointer where its "real" spot is. slay.

🎀 NAME 🎀

set_mouse_sprite_focus — sets the mouse sprite focus. it's giving Allegro game programming library energy, fr fr. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

void set_mouse_sprite_focus(int x, int y);

no cap, that's the whole signature. two ints, zero drama. 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea 🍓: the mouse focus is the lil bit of the pointer that represents where the mouse actually is — like, the spot that maps to the (mouse_x, mouse_y) position. that's the vibe. that's the whole thing.

by default, that magic spot is the top left corner of the arrow 🏹 — classic, iconic, never misses. but if you're out here using a different mouse pointer (main character behaviour, honestly), you might need to change it up so the pointer lines up with where the mouse truly is.

so yeah: x and y tell it which pixel of your sprite is the real deal. periodt. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• set_mouse_sprite(3alleg4) — go swap the whole pointer, bestie 🖱️
• exmouse(3alleg4) — the example that shows this off ✨

🫶 reminder: this page is part of Allegro, and the version we're living in is version 4.4.3.

and that's the whole page, bestie — go forth and make your cursor behave 💜🧚‍♀️ bye!!