Mouse pointer to hand in a textbox on mouseover

[guestbb]

I have a lot of textboxes that on a double click open other forms and I would like to make the mouse pointer into a hand (as if it were a link) when i place it on the textbox, like on hover. I have tried the function to make it as a hyperlink but since i have a double click function it takes me to click two double clicks for it to open, so thats a no for me.
Is there any other way to make this?
Should I use onFocus function for this?

 

[Ranman256]

you want a MOUSE OVER event...see this:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/3506/How-to-code-Mouse-Over-effects-for-MS-Access.html

 

[spikepl]

You should not go against the grain of the common user interface and invent your own things. A hand-pointer is tied to a link. A link is triggered by a single click not double click. Yet here you are attempting to require a double click for a hand.

 

[AccessBlaster]

Buttons have an option under the "other" tab to enable a hyperlink hand, I don't believe textboxes have that.

 

[HiTechCoach]

I have a lot of textboxes that on a double click open other forms and I would like to make the mouse pointer into a hand (as if it were a link)

I do the same think a lot. I agree that you should not re-purpose standard GUI features like using the hand mouse pointer for a text box. I do get how you see the similarities but I think they are not enough and will only confuse/mislead the user.

I have found it best to use a command button to the right of the textbox to indicate this. I set eh double click event for the text box to call the click event of the command button. I use a up arrow image on the command button. This is the opposite of the combo box's down arrow. (instead of a drop down list it is a throw up form )