# XML-Driven Drop-Down Menu - content

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-driven-drop-down-menu-content/52131>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 20, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-driven-drop-down-menu-content/52131 "2004-05-20T11:43:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stosh)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-driven-drop-down-menu-content/52131/1 "2004-05-20T11:43:15Z")

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Hello,

This is a great site!

I love the xml menu. I have two questions.

1. I tried to put some html in the variables attribute, but the xml file would not load properly. Is there anyway to add some line breaks, etc here?

2. How can I extend it to read the nodeValue into the message box - i.e. do something like this \<item\>Read this text\</item\>

I tried to create a new variable reading this, but it did not seem to work.

Do I need to create a new action?

Thank you.

s.