# Drop Down Menu tutorial?!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-down-menu-tutorial/102165
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 20, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-down-menu-tutorial/102165 "2004-02-20T12:39:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@PixelWhizz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PixelWhizz)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-down-menu-tutorial/102165/1 "2004-02-20T12:39:59Z")
Ello!
Anyone know where I can find a tutorial that shows how to make drop down menus?
e.g.
Main nav has Home - About Us - Services - Contact as buttons stacked ontop of eachother…
…someone clicks ‘Services’…'Contact button animates down to reveal sub sections of ‘Services’…then when ‘About Us’ is clicked…'Contacts moves up to hide the ‘Services’ sub menus and then 'Services and ‘Contacts’ animate down to reveal sub sections of ‘About Us’!..the again it sub menus hide when other buttons are clicked…does that make sense?
Ive found this one [HERE](http://thetextbureau.com/help/xmlmenu.html) which is just the idea Im after…however does it have to be XML driven?
The one on this site is a bit too basic.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-down-menu-tutorial/102165/2 "2004-02-20T12:46:06Z")
And whats the problem of having it XML driven?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2004, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-down-menu-tutorial/102165/3 "2004-02-20T13:01:00Z")
> \*Originally posted by claudio \*
> \*\*And whats the problem of having it XML driven? \*\*
Basically because I havent got a clue when it comes to XML!..I saw all the scripts in the FLA file and I nearly fell off my chair! 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-down-menu-tutorial/102165/4 "2004-02-20T13:28:00Z")
But if its XML driven, then all you would have to do is customize the XML file, not the FLA.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-down-menu-tutorial/102165/5 "2004-02-20T13:53:21Z")
Yer…Ive realised that…and its good…Im just trying to customise this one.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-down-menu-tutorial/102165/6 "2004-02-20T14:06:44Z")
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dropdownmenu.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dropdownmenu.htm)
not xml driven…you could easily change it to how i think you want it…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-down-menu-tutorial/102165/7 "2004-02-20T14:07:03Z")
yea… that link is very usefull, thanx… i was looking for a drop down tutorial too
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-down-menu-tutorial/102165/8 "2004-02-20T14:55:17Z")
> \*Originally posted by macneilslt \*
> \*\*[kirupa.com - Creating Drop-Down Menus](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dropdownmenu.htm)
> not xml driven…you could easily change it to how i think you want it… \*\*
Yer Ive seen that…not really what Im after…I want the intelligent version that closes submenus when others are clicked like the XML one.
Im doing OK now coverting the XML one
Thanks anyway!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2004, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-down-menu-tutorial/102165/9 "2004-02-21T11:35:26Z")
like, u can just change the “roll out” with “on press” and the other sub menus will close on click :nat: