How to move object to mouse position smoothly?

DleanJeans

I'm trying to get an object to mouse position on one axis, instantly and smoothly. I want to set the velocity instead of setting the position to the mouse position since I want to check FlxG.collide() on the object. But it keeps "shaking" around the mouse.
I make the object move to the mouse by:

Calculate the distance to mouse (negative means up or left, position means down or right)
Store the distance sign (negative or position)
Set the object velocity according to the distance sign
In update(), if the distance has changed its sign then stop the object

Carpetwurm

I'm thinking something like

if(velocity.x > 0 && x >= mouse.x)
{
velocity.x = 0;
x = mouse.x;
}
if(velocity.y > 0 && y >= mouse.y)
{
velocity.y = 0;
y = mouse.y;
}

then something similar for if velocity.x/y < 0, etc. etc.