# Controlling Arrow in LIB And Senoc's XML Driven Menu

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**Created:** [August 13, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-arrow-in-lib-and-senocs-xml-driven-menu/28410 "2003-08-13T14:36:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-arrow-in-lib-and-senocs-xml-driven-menu/28410/1 "2003-08-13T14:36:53Z")

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hey all, can’t get this to work, i can make the menu collapse but I can’t make the arrow rotate.

FYI… I have a button on top of my menu that says “collapse”. it does collapse the menu but like I said, I am having trouble controlling the arrow

sry for the long code but…

```auto

/ *********CREDITS********** \
 * Author:	lostinbeta
 * Date:	01/29/2003
 *
 * Amends:	senocular
 * 01/30/2003
\ **************************** /

// variables:
menuSpeed = 17;
arrowSpeed = 35;
vSpacing = 14;
scope = this;

scope.createEmptyMovieClip("mainMenu",2);

/ ***mainMenu controls menu movement in onEnterFrame*** /
mainMenu.onEnterFrame = function(){
	if (this.onClosedMenu || this.pos != this.offset){
		if (Math.abs(this.pos - this.offset) <= menuSpeed){
			this.pos = this.offset;
			this.SlideButtons();
			if (this.onClosedMenu){
				this.onClosedMenu();
				delete this.onClosedMenu;
			}
		}else{
			this.pos = (this.pos > this.offset) ? this.pos - menuSpeed : this.pos + menuSpeed;
			this.SlideButtons();
		}
	}
}
/ ***used in mainMenu onEnterFrame*** /
mainMenu.SlideButtons = function(){
	// starts at the dropstart clip (ID) as set by mainMenu.onClosedMenu
	var i;
	for (i=this.dropStart+1; i<menuItem.length+1; i++){
		var currButton = this["button"+i];
		currButton._y = currButton.homePosition + this.pos;
	}
}

/ ***used in menu button onReleases for arrow rotation*** /
MovieClip.prototype.setToRotateTo = function(rotation){
	this.rotateTo = rotation;
	this.onEnterFrame = function(){
		this._rotation = (this._rotation > this.rotateTo) ? this._rotation - arrowSpeed : this._rotation + arrowSpeed
		if (Math.abs(this.rotateTo - this._rotation) <= arrowSpeed){
			this._rotation = this.rotateTo;
			delete this.onEnterFrame;
		}
	}
}

GenerateMenu = function(success) {
	if (success) {
		menuItem = this.firstChild.childNodes;
		for (i=0; i<menuItem.length; i++) {
			/ ***make a button for each itme layed out in the XML*** /
			myButton = mainMenu.attachMovie("button", "button"+i, i);
			myButton.ID = i;
			myButton.buttonLabel.text = menuItem*.attributes.NAME;
			myButton.subMenus = menuItem*.childNodes.length;
			
			 / ***if has sub menus*** /
			if (myButton.subMenus){
				myButton.subMenuItem = menuItem*.childNodes;
				
				/ ***used in mainMenu.onClosedMenu to generate the new submenu*** /
				myButton.createSubMenu = function(){
					mySubMenu = scope.createEmptyMovieClip("subMenu",1); // lower than main menu
					mySubMenuMask = scope.createEmptyMovieClip("menuMask",3);
					for (j=0; j<this.subMenus; j++){ // create each submenu button
						mySubButton = scope.subMenu.attachMovie("button", "button"+j, j);
						new Color(mySubButton).setTransform({rb:33, gb:33, bb:33});
						mySubButton.buttonLabel.text = this.subMenuItem[j].attributes.NAME;
						mySubButton.myUrl = this.subMenuItem[j].attributes.URL;
						mySubButton.myTarget = this.subMenuItem[j].attributes.TARGET;

						mySubButton.onRelease = function() {
							getURL(this.myUrl, this.myTarget);
							trace(this.buttonLabel.text+" : "+this.myURL);
						}
						mySubButton.onRollOver = function() { this.glare.play(); }
						mySubButton._x = this._x;
						mySubButton._y = this._y + vSpacing*(j+1);
						mySubButton.arrow.swapDepths(0);
						mySubButton.arrow.removeMovieClip();
					}
				}
				
				/ ***drop-down menu release actions*** /
				myButton.onRelease = function() {
					if (mainMenu.currentSubMenu != this){
						mainMenu.currentSubMenu.arrow.setToRotateTo(0);
						mainMenu.currentSubMenu = this;

						/ ***set new menu positioning*** /
						var currButton = this;
						mainMenu.onClosedMenu = function(){ // runs when menu closes
							this.offset = vSpacing * currButton.subMenus;
							this.dropStart = currButton.ID;
							this.currentSubMenu.createSubMenu();
							currButton.arrow.setToRotateTo(90);
							}
						mainMenu.offset = 0; // set offset to 0 to close, when closed it runs onClosedMenu
						
					/ ***if this menu is open, close*** /
					}else{
						mainMenu.currentSubMenu = null;
						this.arrow.setToRotateTo(0);
						mainMenu.offset = 0; // set offset to 0 to close
					}
				}
				
			/ ***if no submenus, make a normal link button*** /
			}else{
				myButton.myUrl = menuItem*.attributes.URL;
				myButton.myTarget = menuItem*.attributes.TARGET;

				myButton.onRelease = function() {
					getURL(this.myUrl, this.myTarget);
					trace(this.buttonLabel.text+" : "+this.myURL);
				}
				myButton.arrow.swapDepths(0);
				myButton.arrow.removeMovieClip();
			}
			
			/ ***all menu buttons*** /
			myButton.onRollOver = function() { this.glare.play(); }
			myButton._x = -1
			myButton._y = -2; // position
			myButton.homePosition = myButton._y += vSpacing*i;
		}
			
		/ ***attach dummy button below menu to cover underlying submenus*** /
		myButton = mainMenu.attachMovie("dumbutton", "button"+i, i);
		myButton._x = myButton._y = 16;
		myButton.homePosition = myButton._y += vSpacing*i;
		
	/ ***if no success*** /	
	} else {
		trace("XML File Loading Failed");
	}
};

/ ***retrieve XML data then generate menu*** /
myXML = new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite = true;
myXML.onLoad = GenerateMenu;
myXML.load("navMenu.xml");

```

now i’m not sure why this won’t work

```auto

menu.onRelease = function(){
	mainMenu.currentSubMenu = null;
						this.arrow.setToRotateTo(10);
						mainMenu.offset = 0; // set offset to 0 to close
}

```

Thanks  
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