# Kirupa Drop Down Menu Tutorial **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 4, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321 "2004-08-04T14:36:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sbecker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@sbecker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sbecker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321/1 "2004-08-04T14:36:42Z")
I went through the “Basic” drop down menu tutorial, and got to the end only to find out the tutorial didn’t tell how to assign links to the buttons that pop up (drop down)? I have a multi-scene site that I need the pop up buttons to take me to other scenes. How could this NOT be in the tutorial? Otherwise it’s just a pop-up paperweight 🙂 Little help? Thoughts? Thanks in advance… :ear: ---
**Author:** ![sbecker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@sbecker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sbecker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321/2 "2004-08-04T16:33:07Z")
anyone? anyone?? Bueller? Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321/3 "2004-08-04T17:24:51Z")
which tutorial, you didnt specify ---
**Author:** ![sbecker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@sbecker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sbecker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321/4 "2004-08-04T18:11:32Z")
> [@senocular](#): > > which tutorial, you didnt specify here: [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dropdownmenu.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dropdownmenu.htm) thank you~ ---
**Author:** ![wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321/5 "2004-08-04T18:23:45Z")
Assuming that you’ve already turned them into buttons: Select a button and open the Actions panel (F9), type this in:[AS]on (release) { \_root.gotoAndStop(“FrameLabel”); }[/AS]I don’t recommend using scenes but if you must, use frame labels to target them. ---
**Author:** ![sbecker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@sbecker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sbecker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321/6 "2004-08-04T18:40:29Z")
don’t recommend “scenes”? wow … like someone telling me to not drink water! hmmm… if I showed you the .fla file would it help? (A lot to ask I’m sure) Broadband dependent as it’s a 14MB file … [http://designsourceadvertising.com/dsa\_panorama.fla](http://designsourceadvertising.com/dsa_panorama.fla) (right click save target to disk blah blah blah) I had tested out the method you oultined on the “Print” button to no success… have been scouring the net to find a more informative tut … ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321/7 "2004-08-04T19:05:33Z")
no one using actionscript recommends using scenes 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sbecker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@sbecker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sbecker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321/8 "2004-08-04T19:07:48Z")
yup … that’s my next goal … to be more fluent in Actionscript … til now it’s been Scenes, Components, and HTML ---
**Author:** ![wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321/9 "2004-08-04T21:08:06Z")
I didn’t look at your file, however, did you use Frame Labels or are you still going with Scene numbers? If you used frame labels remember to actually have frame labels in the first place. :beam: ---
**Author:** ![sbecker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@sbecker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sbecker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321/10 "2004-08-04T21:20:48Z")
I have frame labels in the first frame of all scenes, tried labels in just the Home page timeline (but removed duplicate labels as I went through the process) … my “portfolio button” has a drop down (technically pop-up) buttons (print, interactive, etc.) are embedded in a “ddmenu” MC with actions applied to each of them within the clip. Once the clip is in the main timeline the links don’t work. _head scratch_ Nothing is mentioned on how to accomplish the “rest” of this technique in the Kirupa Basic MX Dropdown menu tut… so … basically … it works, but the sub buttons don’t take you anywhere. ( I’m a pixel pusher and not a coder, but am slowly seeking actionscript nirvana…) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321/11 "2004-08-04T21:23:48Z")
It sounds like the problem might be regarding levels. Try inserting \_root. into your script like the script that I gave you earlier. This will take you back to the main timeline, when the button is pressed. ---
**Author:** ![sbecker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@sbecker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sbecker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321/12 "2004-08-04T21:29:47Z")
> [@wizard](#): > > It sounds like the problem might be regarding levels. > > Try inserting \_root. into your script like the script that I gave you earlier. This will take you back to the main timeline, when the button is pressed. That works like a directory pathway as in HTML? Ooooo… _tingles of enlightenment_ ---
**Author:** ![FAMUAKA23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a87d85/32.png) [@FAMUAKA23](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FAMUAKA23)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-drop-down-menu-tutorial/118321/13 "2004-08-19T12:21:39Z")
Is there a way to place a sound toggle button (sound on/sound off) on a drop-down menu?