looping items on a scrolling menu 2

[NormRC]

Hi
I have just started using action script in flash and have started creating my own menu system. I have got menu buttons scrolling from left to right but i would like them to loop back round to the begining when the menu reaches the last button? Any ideas?

Also It would be great if i could get the menu button to enlarge when its in the centre of the screen (to imply that this is the button about to be selected) I can do it using the mouse over event but I would like it to be triggered automatically. Again any ideas would be gratefully recieved.

Thanks in advance

Norm

 

[wangbar]

Here's my version of something similar, the menu items scroll depending on the mouse position and zoom if you click and hold on them:

http://www.wangbar.co.uk/scrollMenu.swf

...it's for a client so I can't post the fla but the scrolling code works on this principle:

speed = 2
for (i=1; i<=clips; i++) {
clip = _root[&quot;menu&quot;+i];
// wrap menus if they leave the screen
if (clip._x<0) {
clip._x += screenSize;
} else if (clip._x>screenSize) {
clip._x -= screenSize;
}
clip._x += speed;
}

Change the variables to suit your movie and it should do the job. The actual code in the example is a bit more complex but this will give the same effect.

To rescale when it approaches the centre try...

clip._xscale=100-(Math.abs(clip._x-275)/5);
clip._yscale=clip._xscale;

...which will gradually shift the scale for the whole journey across the screen or...

if(clip._x>250 && clip._x<300){
clip._xscale+=20;
clip._yscale=clip._xscale;
}

..which will jump size suddenly in the middle of the screen. Both scripts assume that the screen is 550 pixels wide.

 

[HUSS]

Wangbar,

That is a cool little script. I am trying to make an image scale larger on mousedown, also. No scrolling or anything. I figure the script needed to do that looks like the one you posted but I can't make it work. I tried making the image a movie clip, named it clip, and pasted the script. What steps am I forgetting?

 

[wangbar]

Just attach these clip events directly to the mc you want to resize:


onClipEvent (load) {
default = _xscale;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (Key.isDown(1) && this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, false)) {
_xscale++;
_yscale++;
} else if (_xscale>default) {
_xscale--;
_yscale--;
}
}

 

[HUSS]

That was exactly what I wanted and it worked perfectly!!!

Thank you

 

[goaganesha]

nice work wangbar,

I also had made such a menu on a website but yours is much more to the point.
regards, goaganesha