# Menu help please ..its easy?!

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**Created:** [November 28, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-help-please-its-easy/170672 "2005-11-28T19:01:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![tonks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@tonks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tonks)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/menu-help-please-its-easy/170672/1 "2005-11-28T19:01:07Z")

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hello, this is driving me nuts. I’ve been working on the dynamic menu found here…

> **[xml menu DONE :)](https://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124931)**
>
> Got a web design/development question or just want to hang out with the most awesome people on the planet? Drop on in!

…but only using text and fades. But if you notice it doesnt fade in properly? …It starts black, and then fades to white?!  
If you change the all the states to ‘white’ in the xml it works but then obviously I loose my down and locked states…

can anyone please help Im totally stuck!