help, I can't create a pullout menu

[D-Meister]

I need to make a menu.

first, there's only an icon visible. On MouseOver, the menu appears. It sort of slides out horizontally.

My problem is, when I move the mouse to the menu items, the menu disappears again (because of the OnMouseOut of the icon).

I've searched flashkit movies and tuts and all, but I just can't seem to be able to get my menu working.

Anyone want to look at the work in progress, check out http://www.art2net.at/start.asp

The Art2Net Logo is the icon i mentioned.

Thanks guys and gals.

ciao,
Daniel

[wskanaan]

Why don't you make the hit area of the button larger? This way the buttons will stay on. The area could cover the other buttons. You could also use a clip if the buttons interfere with each other. Use the OnMouseMove event for the same efect.

[D-Meister]

well, if I make the hit area larger, the menu would slide out even if you don't move the mouse over the logo.

What is the "clip" you were talking about ?

Is there a really simple .fla somewhere that could help me out ?

Thanks for the quick reply

[flipsideguy]

D-meister
don't put a "on rollout" on the button that slides it out. Instead, make a large invisible button under the menu, and put a on rollover on that that closes the menu. There are many fla's on this all over the place. you might want to check the movies section.

[wskanaan]

Ok, here's an idea:

Why don't you make a movie clip that starts measuring the _xmouse and _ymouse when the mouse passes over the logo. This way, when the mouse leaves a certain area that you specify, then the menu disappears.

button:

onmouseover{

show buttons;
_root.MC.gotoAndPlay(2);

}


in the frames of MC:

frame1:
stop();


frame2:
if (_root._xmouse>maximum || _root._xmouse<minimum){

hide buttons;
gotoAndStop(1);

}

else if (_root._ymouse>maximum || _root._ymouse<minimum){

hide buttons;
gotoAndStop(1);

}

frame3:

gotoAndPlay(2);



This way the MC checks where the mouse is and when it leaves the area you specify by the minimum and maximum of both the y and x coordinates he buttons are hidden.


You can find good examples of menus at:

http://www.ultrashock.com
and
http://www.were-here.com

goodluck

[D-Meister]

I'll get right to it !

Thanks.

wskanaan ... what kind of a name is that ?

how do you like the menu ? Something's missing, but I can't put my finger on it. Any ideas ?

Hasta lavista, babies

[D-Meister]

well, i tried the invisible button thing.

Now, when I move the mouse over a button, that's on top of the invisible button, the entire thing fades out again.

I use goto frame 1 (that's the frame where only the logo is visible).

I checked out the code wskaanan fixed up for me, but I don't get it. How do I do "show buttons" and "hide buttons" ?
With goto frame ?

I think I'll go check out some fla's

thanks for trying guys.

daniel

[gogon]

heres a great tutorial on that -- good luck
ive made one and did it the first time you can too

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/01/10/index4a.html

[D-Meister]

Looks like some good instructions !

I'll give it a try.

Thanks gogon.

[wskanaan]

Well, show and hide buttons is the way you did them with the buttons. I don't know how you did it.

The MC just loops and checks where the mouse is. When the mouse is out of a certain area it fades the buttons. Again, show buttons and hide buttons depends on how you did it.