# XML DropDown Menu \[Help\]

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-dropdown-menu-help/197370
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 15, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-dropdown-menu-help/197370 "2006-08-15T21:23:59Z")
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### Author: ![scitekmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@scitekmike](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scitekmike)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-dropdown-menu-help/197370/1 "2006-08-15T21:23:59Z")

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I followed the tutorial on this site to learn the menu system. So far so good, I pretty much understand it however, I would like the menu to be horizontal and have it function like a traditional dropdown. I figured out how to change the orientation of the “top” level menu items but how do you do this for the “secondary” menu items?

After I changed the orientation of the menu system, it changes it for the secondary menus as well instead of keeping them in a list format they go horizontal as well.

Long story short, how do I make the top menu horizontal while keeping the secondary menu items in a vertical list format . . .

This is what I want it to look like:  
 ![](http://dev.signature-ad.com/rough-4.gif)