# I want to do a drop-down menu!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-drop-down-menu/8451>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 21, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-drop-down-menu/8451 "2002-11-21T15:41:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wolverine)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-drop-down-menu/8451/1 "2002-11-21T15:41:50Z")

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Hello there.  
I need your help. I want to do a “drop-down” menu, a menu that falls down as I hold my pointer over a button. Thing is, when I then move my pointer _downwards_ against the other sub-categories in my drop-down menu, the hole thing disappears! Because I let the mouse leave the first button!

Get my point? I’t probably easy enough, and I’d love a tutorial!

Plz help!

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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:** [November 21, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-drop-down-menu/8451/2 "2002-11-21T16:59:17Z")

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now you probably have actions

on(rollOut) {  
\<the menu disappearing actions\>  
}

now you have to delete those actions

make a new invisible button around the menu button and the sub buttons by leaveng the first 3 frames blank and filling only the “hit” frame of the new button. Like make a square and cut out the menu (with the submenu).  
Like the button is all around the menu but not on the menu.  
and add actions to it

on(rollOver) {  
\<the menu disappearing actions\>  
}

so when you rollover it (move out of the menu) the menu dissapears…

I’m no guru on explaining stuff but I’m doing the best I can. It’s all logical actually.