submenuMaker Properties Panel

PARAMETER
EXAMPLE
DESCRIPTION
Submenu Style vertical-down

This is the style in which the submenu will be displayed. Some styles are only suitable for horizontal main menus and some are suited only to vertical main menus:

For horizontal main menus:

vertical-down
vertical-up
horizontal-bottom

For vertical main menus:

vertical-left
vertical-right
horizontal-left
horizontal-right
Open Speed 1 The speed at which the submenu opens. The higher the number, the slower the speed will be. To open the menu immediatly, without any animation, set the speed to 0.
Close Speed

1

 The speed at which the submenu closes. The higher the number, the slower the speed will be. To close the menu immediatly, without any animation, set the speed to 0.
Button Width 100 The width of the menu button. Enter "0" to automatically calculate the width based on the button name.
Button Height 30 The height of the menu button. Enter "0" to automatically calculate the height based on the font size.
Vertical Adjustment 0 Enter the number of pixels to move the menu down vertically, when using vertical-left or
vertical-right menus. This option may only be necessary depending on the style of skin used. In most cases this should be "0".
Button Skin

subMenuA

This is the linkage name of the background movie clip skin to use with this instance of the menu. The textMenu component is supplied with two skins:

menuButtonA - for solid color backgrounds
transparentButton - for buttons with transparent backgrounds

Please see the skinning section for instructions on creating your own skins.

 

The vertical alignment of the text on the button:

middle
top
bottom

Text Vertical middle

The vertical alignment of the text on the button:

middle
top
bottom

Text Horizontal center

The horizontal alignment of the text on the button when using the vertical-left or vertical-right direction.

left
right
center
Effect fadeIn

Select the effect on mouseover:

  • none = no effect
  • fadeIn = menu text disappears momentarily and fades in to reappear. Fonts must be embedded in order for this effect to work correctly.
  • typewriter = menu button text appears with a typewriter effect

Note: As most of these effects involve animation, it is recommended to use embedded fonts.
Effect Speed 20

The speed for the effect. The higher the number, the faster the speed. The default effect speed of 20 would look best for most effects when the movie is created at 30 frames per second.

Hand Cursor true Select whether a hand cursor appears on mouseover or not.
Embed Fonts true

Select "true" if you would like to use embedded fonts. Please click here to see instructions on embedding fonts.

Note: Most Flash animations work smoother with embedded fonts. Also, as the submenuMaker uses masks, it is highly recommended to embed the fonts to ensure that all users see this correctly.
Up Font Verdana Font for the unselected menu buttons.
Up Font Size 12 Size of the unselected menu button font.
Up Font Color #000000 Color of the unselected menu button font.
Up Font Style normal

Style of the unselected button font:

  • normal
  • bold
  • italic
  • underline
  • bold-italic
  • bold-underline
  • italic-underline
  • bold-italic-underline
Over Font Verdana Font for the selected menu button on mouseover.
Over Font Size 14 Font size for the menu button on mouseover.
Note: The font size will also be magnified according to the zoom size specified.
Over Font Color #00FF66 Font color for the menu button on mouseover.
Over Font Style italic

Style of the menu button font on mouseover:

  • normal
  • bold
  • italic
  • underline
  • bold-italic
  • bold-underline
  • italic-underline
  • bold-italic-underline
Current Font Verdana Font for currently active menu button.
Current Font Size 12 Font size for currently active menu button.
Current Font Color #FF0000 Font color for currently active menu button.
Current Font Style bold

Style of the currently active menu button font:

  • normal
  • bold
  • italic
  • underline
  • bold-italic
  • bold-underline
  • italic-underline
  • bold-italic-underline
Show Clicked true Select "true" to apply different colors to menu buttons that have been visited in the current session.
Clicked Font Color #0033FF Font color for visited menu button, if "Show Clicked" is set to "true".