Very Easy Drop Down Menu v1

Info
As the title states, this drop down menu is easy to customize. The graphics and fonts can be changed in the library, the menus are configured via XML , and tweaking the layout can be done via configuration variables that are consolidated into one file.

See the preview for description of features!

Need Help?

Please read the README first!

If you have any questions, please contact me here rather than leaving a comment – because there’s no notification when a new comment is added – thanks!

FAQ

How can I take off the shadow in the menu?

Look for the drop shadow variables in classes/dropdownmenu/DropDownMenuConfig.as You should be able to set it to null, like:

static var MENU _DROPSHADOW: DropShadowFilter = null;

How can I have multi menus in the same site with different XML files?

The easiest way to do it would be to have create each menu as a different swf and load the swf at run-time.

Error: The class or interface ‘dropdownmenu.DropDownMenuItem’ could not be loaded.

You need to either add the “classes” folder to your actionscript classpath (in preferences or export settings) or move the classes/dropdownmenu folder into the same folder as your .fla

Posted 5 months ago

enzymeluv

Can I adjust the default height of this .swf? If so, will the cascading menus conflict with another .swf below it on my webpage?

Posted 5 months ago

unformatt

Hey Enzymeluv. Yes, you can adjust the size of the swf, but this menu is meant to be used inside a Flash website. The menu can’t extend out of the Flash plugin and over HTML or another SWF embedded in the page without serious JavaScripting.

This is just the nature of the browser and plugins. If you’re doing an HTML site, I’d look into some JavaScript menus.

Thanks!

Posted 5 months ago

JackSparrow
Sold between 100 and 1 000 dollars

Nice one, congrats!

Posted 5 months ago

victor

very comprehensive, all the opportunities are planned, 5*

Posted 5 months ago

mpirecreative
Sold between 1 and 100 dollars

Just wanted to know if you can load a swf file into a movieclip instance.. Didn’t see the option available in the XML . (sent an email but posted this just incase you didn’t get it)

Posted 5 months ago

unformatt

Hi mpirecreative,

I can send you an example of this tonight.

Thanks, Matt

Posted 5 months ago

seifip

Very nice! I love the possibility to have an icon…

Posted 5 months ago

wildwise

very usefull

Posted 5 months ago

homemadebyx
Bought between 50 and 99 items

I’ve embedded the menu system in my project. It works perfectly locally, but online my project swf loads fine but the menu fails to show up.

http://businesstravelmanagement.org/

It should be below the “your partner” text. If you look at the very upper right corner of my blue frame, you’ll see the corner of the black semi-transparent menu backround (i have the menu on top in my swf, for troubleshooting). The problem is that the text of the menu isn’t showing (again, locally no problem).

Any ideas?

Posted 5 months ago

homemadebyx
Bought between 50 and 99 items

I’ve just put up a test page with just the menu, no extra elements to cause problems, and i get the same issue (works locally but not online).

i’m baffled.

Posted 5 months ago

unformatt

homemadebyx – You need to upload the xml file as well.

File Not Found -> http://businesstravelmanagement.org/dropdownmenu.xml

Posted 5 months ago

homemadebyx
Bought between 50 and 99 items

That was it, thanks. For anybody else that has the same symptoms,

I thought the XML needed to be in the same directory as the SWF , i was wrong (i had it online).

Very impressive and easy to use menu system

Posted 5 months ago

homemadebyx
Bought between 50 and 99 items

Another question, how can i designate the target for the URL ?

Posted 5 months ago

unformatt

Hi homemadebyx – check the readme.txt, it explains where you can change that. Also, send me a message through the site if you have any more questions – I will get your message faster that way – thanks!

Posted 5 months ago