# Problem with animated menu
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-animated-menu/62959
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 1, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-animated-menu/62959 "2004-09-01T22:29:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@kep0ne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kep0ne)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-animated-menu/62959/1 "2004-09-01T22:29:49Z")
Hi all,
I created a basic animated menu, but I am having problems with it.
Example can be viewed at:
[http://hazmatdesign.eesquad.org/advertech/](http://hazmatdesign.eesquad.org/advertech/)
As you can see, the menu will not stay static if I click anywhere (which is a problem for navigation)
How do I fix this?
The FLA file can be viewed at [http://hazmatdesign.eesquad.org/advertech/side.fla](http://hazmatdesign.eesquad.org/advertech/side.fla)
Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-animated-menu/62959/2 "2004-09-02T00:39:09Z")
Hey Keep0ne,
How are you make the menu move? Are you using a hitTest? Also I think that you are saving the file as a mx 2004 pro. I can’t open it. :thumb:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-animated-menu/62959/3 "2004-09-02T02:00:29Z")
the menu moves by a simple motion tween. the motion tween gets activated by the mouse click (although i haven’t put any actionscript to activate it), then closes via mouse click (which i want to avoid).
i am saving it as a flash mx 2004 doc…not sure why you can’t open it.
is there any part of the coding you want me to paste?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-animated-menu/62959/4 "2004-09-02T02:09:22Z")
Well I can’t open it?? I need to see how the file was made. Try saving it as MX :thumb:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-animated-menu/62959/5 "2004-09-02T06:16:28Z")
FlashPlaya,
I’ve sort of figured a way around my previous problem, but have now stumbled on this one.
The file can be downloaded at: [http://hazmatdesign.eesquad.org/advertech/site.fla](http://hazmatdesign.eesquad.org/advertech/site.fla)
I currently have an invisible button to start the animation, and an invisible button to close the menu. The problem is, if I roll over the same button, the menu will in a sense, loop over. I used some if/else script which might be the problem.
* * *
on (rollOver) {
if (\_root.menu\_drop.\_currentframe=“15”) {
\_root.menu\_drop.gotoAndPlay(“16”);
} else if (\_root.menu\_drop.\_currentframe=“1”) {
\_root.menu\_drop.stop();
}
}
* * *
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-animated-menu/62959/6 "2004-09-02T06:25:25Z")
HAH! I fixed it. currentframe=“15” should be currentframe == “15”
Thanks!