# How do you make a menu come down from a button?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-menu-come-down-from-a-button/10981>\
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**Created:** [January 10, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-menu-come-down-from-a-button/10981 "2003-01-10T02:49:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@Blood](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Blood)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-menu-come-down-from-a-button/10981/1 "2003-01-10T02:49:25Z")

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I was wondering when you clicked a button and a menu came down, what A/S would you use and would you use Motion Tweening??

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-menu-come-down-from-a-button/10981/2 "2003-01-10T14:31:38Z")

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You could use actionscript but the easiest way is to use a motion tween with a mask.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-menu-come-down-from-a-button/10981/3 "2003-01-10T14:46:48Z")

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You can check the best of kirupa forum, the “useful tutes” thread, under usability. It might help.

pom \<:}

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-menu-come-down-from-a-button/10981/4 "2003-01-10T23:34:46Z")

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alright, thx.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-menu-come-down-from-a-button/10981/5 "2003-01-11T02:01:44Z")

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just go here [http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/type/tutorial.asp?id=30426](http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/type/tutorial.asp?id=30426)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-menu-come-down-from-a-button/10981/6 "2003-01-11T19:49:53Z")

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dysan\_max, that was a really helpful tutorial.

thanks :nerd:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-menu-come-down-from-a-button/10981/7 "2003-01-12T00:25:38Z")

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no problem…