# rollOver Menu HELLp! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 31, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-menu-hellp/199163 "2006-08-31T14:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![McDee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@McDee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/McDee)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-menu-hellp/199163/1 "2006-08-31T14:37:34Z")
Hey everyone, Although this is my first post, I have actually been using [Kirupa.com](http://Kirupa.com) since starting to work with Flash a couple of years ago. Having mainly focused on timeline animation in the past, I am now keen to do more with ActionScript now that I have the time to practice & experiment more. That said, I have been trying to build a reasonably scalable yet attractive menu system for my first full site (for my Uni department) and I just cannot seem to get past the following problem… can anyone help me out please!!! Basically, I am trying to build a two level menu (a bit like that on [Macromedia.com](http://Macromedia.com) before it became [Adobe.com](http://Adobe.com)) which pulls all the button labels in from an XML file. The idea is when you rollover a ‘mainButton’ then the corresponding sub-menu of ‘miniButtons’ animates into view… the problem is that whenever the mouse moves from the ‘mainButton’ to the sub-menu (to click a ‘miniButton’) that sub-menu will disappear cos the mouse is rolling out of the ‘mainButton’. I have tried to register a hitArea shape which expands when the ‘mainButton’ is rolled over; although this does allow the sub-menu to stay in view, none of the ‘miniButtons’ can then be accessed (ie: clicked). I have spent far too long trying to work this out for myself and I just cannot seem to find another way (one that is not highly complex anyway). I know there must be an easier way to get it to work so if anyone can point me in the right direction I would be well thankful!!! Cheers, Andy McDee