# Help Springs:Elastic Moving Menu System

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-springs-elastic-moving-menu-system/94639>\
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**Created:** [November 14, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-springs-elastic-moving-menu-system/94639 "2003-11-14T21:08:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrmister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@mrmister](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mrmister)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-springs-elastic-moving-menu-system/94639/1 "2003-11-14T21:08:19Z")

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Hey all. I’m trying to do something that has the effect of the Kirupa Tutorial Actionscript\> Advanced\> “Springs: Elasticity, Physics, and Flash MX” but is a group of menu buttons that move/get-out-of-the-way of an interface that “fits” the area (not controlled by mouse). Think sidemenu buttons flying and reformatting position to a horizontal menu accommodating room for an image gallery, to get an idea of how and why it will function.

Thinking this one thru I hit two stumbling blocks. You see how I would approach it is have each button change a x, y variable and trigger the actionscript through the ole double frame loop. The actionscript would be something like on press Gallery Button \>conditional statement for the new x,y that tells it if its not where it has to be go +1 in that direction.

Problem 1) How do I put in the elastic/spring code in this framelooping script without losing the inertia?

Problem 2) This is more of my lack of programming knowledge, but I only know how to move one at a time. How can I move a set of buttons independently to go to their new positions.

Thanks all.  
Mike