Problem with Sub-Menu in MX

[theKeyper]

Hello everyone,
Sorry the subject line isn't real descriptive. It's a hard problem to describe. So either you can get the sample file right away at

http://www.angelfire.com/ks3/thekeyper/Test3.zip

or you can wade through my poor descriptive skills.

Baisically When I roll over a button I want a submenu to pop up. This submenu is a movie clip that goes to frame (x) depending on what the submenu should contain. Then, as you roll over each button (4 in total), a small dot appears to the left of it as an Over state. When I click on the button I want the dot to stay there to give the user visual feedback of exactly where they are. To do this I have made a movie clip containing the dot and placed it above the button. Then, using the instance name I can make it visible or invisible depending on where the user is. To start with I have made them all invisible and this is where my problem occurs. When I roll over the button to bring up the submenu, all four dots are visible. only when I roll out and back over again does it work.

Some of the code might seem like a bit of a long way round to do things but this is because the final file is quite a bit more complex and I have tried to simplify it as much as possible in the sample.

Thank you so much for taking the time, I really appreciate it.
-Keyper

 

[pixl8r]

Are all of the instances of the dot MC named uniquely?


Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[theKeyper]

Yes, They are.

 

[pixl8r]

Try this:

Place your button and "light" in a new MC ("myBtn"). Make the myBtn clip 2 frames and 3 layers. On layer 1 your button, on layer 2 your light, on layer 3 Actions.

Layer 1 should cover both frames, layer 2 frame 2 only.

Layer 1 Frame 1 Actions:

buttonClicked = false;
stop();

Button Actions:

on(rollOver){
	if(buttonClicked == false){
		this.gotoAndStop(2);
	}
}
on(rollOut){
	if(buttonClicked == false){
		gotoAndStop(1);
	}
}
on(release){
	if(buttonClicked == false){
		buttonClicked = true;
		gotoAndStop(2);
	}else{
		buttonClicked = false;
	}
}

Unfortunately I can't download your file here at work so I can't see how you built your submenu. But I believe that you will be able to refer to it in the button events above by using _parent.

You should also write a function to reset buttons when another one is moused over or clicked:

_global.resetButtons = function(){
   _root.button1.buttonClicked = false;
   _root.button2.buttonClicked = false;
}

I hope that is enough to get you going. I also hope it makes sense.

Let me know how it turns out.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!