Is this possible to lock the mouse along a path and if so how?

Question

I want to be able to lock a mouse to move along an arc only. Is this possible? And if so how? I have tried looking on Google and forums. All I have found are locking movieclips to a path. I am using ActionScript 3 in Adobe Flash CS6.

Answer 1

• hide the mouse cursor
• create a custom cursor (like actual cursor)
• change position of your cursor (use mouse position)

this code will give you an idea

Mouse.hide();
var path:Array=[new Point(0,0),new Point(50,20),new Point(150,40),new Point(250,60),new Point(300,70),new Point(400,80)];
var myCursor:Sprite=new Sprite();
myCursor.graphics.beginFill(0);
myCursor.graphics.drawCircle(0,0,5);
myCursor.graphics.endFill();
addChild(myCursor);

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE,refreshCursorPosition);
function refreshCursorPosition(e:MouseEvent):void{
    if(e.stageX<0 || e.stageX>stage.stageWidth)
        return;
    var pos:int=Math.floor(e.stageX*path.length/stage.stageWidth);
    myCursor.x=path[pos].x;
    myCursor.y=path[pos].y;
}