menu system

[zorra]

This is quite a big problem I got. I am doing a big menu system with lots of sub menus.
exp:
when I click on Button A I want A to open B & C to close down.
when I clik on button B I want B to open and A & C to close down
when I click on button C I want C to open and A & B to close

This is my way of working;
on (release) {
tellTarget (_root.A) {
gotoAndStop("show");
}
}
on (release) {
tellTarget (_root.B) {
gotoAndStop("hide");
}
}
on (release) {
tellTarget (_root.C) {
gotoAndStop("hide");
}
}

It works fine for small projects but it is very slow and gets confusing with biger projects.

Is there a better way of working.
Help Appritiated..
Thanks

[mkantor]

Unless you really need to be compatible with Flash 4, you should use modern syntax.

Give each button an associated menu, and put all menus in an array. Something like this:

menus = [menuA, menuB, ...];
buttonA.menu = menuA;
buttonB.menu = menuB;

buttonA.onRelease = setMenus;
buttonB.onRelease = setMenus;

function setMenus() {
for(var i in menus) {
  if(menus[i] == this.menu) {
       menus[i].gotoAndStop("show");
   }  else {
       menus[i].gotoAndStop("hide");
   }
}

[zorra]

Hi mkantor,

This is the sample of how I work. I know it is very complecated way of doing things(and takes lots of time).

I would like to use the modern syntax. But I had a bit of a problem while trying to achieve that. Will it be possible to tweek with my sample and send it back for me to see how it works.

thank you
Zorra

[mkantor]

No, sorry. I hate dealing with old-style code. But here is a working example of a good way to do it.