Can anyone explain to me how to produce a flash menu similar to those on 2advanced.net and macromedia.com? Is each option (and it’s submenu) a separate movie clip or is there some complicated actionscript involved? I am a fairly new flash user.
Thanks very much
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It depends on how offten the options will be updated. It could be done both ways. My bet is that the options aren’t going to change very often so you can hard code everything.
It’s pretty simple > look at 2advanced.net:
for the company button:
right underneith this button, there’s a movieClip sitting there(let’s call it subCompany), stopped on frame 1 (frame 1 is empty). Once the company button is rolled over, an action takes place:
on (rollOver) {
_root.subCompany.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
subCompany contains a single movieClip (called subCompanyOptions) with 5 more movieClips nested inside each with their own script changing the content of that bottom frame.
check this tut for more details:
http://actionscript.org/tutorials/beginner/Drop_down_menu/index.shtml
I posted a file a while back… let me see if I can find it.
[Edit] Alright here it is… it’s a really crappy example, but it works. 
Hi wizard, that’s really good start.
My wishlist:
- Make the submenu fade out in certain period of time ( ala Macromedia menu).
- Make the menu dynamically created and updated via xml.
