# Tabular folder menus
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabular-folder-menus/115291
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 7, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabular-folder-menus/115291 "2004-07-07T13:38:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Rob\_Cat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rob_Cat)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabular-folder-menus/115291/1 "2004-07-07T13:38:05Z")
Meow ^.^
Ok I’m having a hellova struggle with this one. I want a pull out folder-style menu that scrolls out WITH the content as well. When one tab is out and another is clicked, I want the tab thats no longer used to close itself.
Here’s what I have so far, and frankly it’s a mess… [www.freewebs.com/feathercat](http://www.freewebs.com/feathercat)
I’d really appreciate help here since I’m pulling my fur out with the fraustration.
Cat.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabular-folder-menus/115291/2 "2004-07-07T20:24:37Z")
Ah here, I’ve found an example of what I need
[www.the-null.com](http://www.the-null.com)
What sort of things should I be looking at in terms of the actionscript used?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tabular-folder-menus/115291/3 "2004-07-07T22:43:00Z")
Well, I would store every tab in an array
tabs\_array = new Array(“tab1”, “tab2”, “tab3”);
and create a prototype that would open the tab and close all other tabs. the closing should be done by cycling through the array and closing each tab. something like this
```auto
MovieClip.prorotype.openTab = function (tabToOpen) {
for (var i=0; i<_root.tabs_array.length; i++) {
theTab = _root.tabs_array*;
if (theTab != tabToOpen) {
// write your code for closing a tab
_root[theTab].close(); // <-- dummy-code
}
}
// and when all tabs are closed...
//write your code for opening the tab, something like
this.open(); // <-- dummy-code
};
```
then just call the function on the tab you want to open like this:
tab1.openTab(this.\_name);
that will open tab1 and close tab2 and tab3.