Drop Down Menu Glitch

Question

I'm making a drop down menu from scratch and everything seems
to be great except that my sub menu item won't animate. Everything
seems properly placed to me, but I may need to change something in
the action script.

It's best to see it in action here.
here

Let me know if you need further info or if there's a better
way to structure the whole thing - or if you know of any free
tutorials that'll dial me in.

Thanks,

JP

clbeech · Answer

yes, you're having a common problem here. One can't place button (MC buttons even) within another the has an on handler, what happens is that the parent buttons events are the only ones that receive event notification. So this approach won't work.

one solution, is to use a hitTest method to fire one of the two controls, usually the first or parent instance that contains the 'sub-buttons' is easiest. Set up an onEnterFrame of setInterval loop that continuously checks to see if the parent MC is coming in contact with the Mouse (use a shapeflag hitTest based on the mouse coordinates). If so open up the MCs drop down, then use normal button handlers for the sub-buttons. then within the loop test, if the mouse does not come in contact with the instace, set it back to it's closed position.

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