How do I stretch a sprite from object to mouse x/y?

I'd like to stretch an animated sprite /line from an object to the mouse x and y on click but I'm not sure how to go about it.

Think laser or lightning.

Thank you!

Quickly from the top of my head I think this would work...

On mouse click, check if the mouses click X value was greater than the objects, if so it means you need to make the object wider, so get the difference between the objects X value and the mouss Click X value and then add that to the width.

You can do the same for the Y value and change its height accordingly.

I hope this makes sense, if not I will try and do it later and upload the capx

Something like this?

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Something like this?

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Fantastic!

this is pretty close to what I had in mind.

For lightning I was thinking about the action to take place on click rather than click release, and I think I can figure that out but how would I make the line stay opaque and follow the mouse while it's in the click down state?

Imagine you're firing a burning laser and as long as the mouse is clicked down, the laser follows the mouse.

If you change the action from "On released" to "Button down" in the example it works like the laser follows the mouse.