Menu Tree Navigation

[jazerr]

I am using FlashMX.

Iam working on a windows Explorer style nav tree. You can click on a top level item, and it expands down to view the subitems. Everything is in order, except:

If a user opens one top level node, then opens another, i want the first node to close automatically.

How do I do this? I would be happy to send the files for y'all to see...

Make sense? Please help!

 

[rgstewart]

Use variables to keep track of the currently opened option, then close it before opening another. For example, on a button inside a menu clip, you could have:

on (release){
    if (_root.currentOption != undefined){
        _root[currentOption].gotoAndStop("closed");
    }
    this.gotoAndStop("open");
    _root.currentOption = this._name;
}

That would close the open menu (if there is one open), tell the current menu to open, and set the currentOption variable to the open menu clip.