Well... Then try calling the "mouse_toggle" function instead:

Code:
function showPlslPan()
{
plSelectionPan.pos_x = (screen_size.x - bmap_width(plSelectionPan.bmap)) / 2;
plSelectionPan.pos_y = (screen_size.y - bmap_height(plSelectionPan.bmap)) / 2;
plSelectionPan.visible = on;
mouse_toggle();
}