Component Configuration

The funtionality of the zoomMenu Component can be fully customized by changing the settings provided in the Component Inspector, user interface.

To open the Component Configuration, first open the Component Inspector by selecting an instance of the component on the stage and then open the menu. (Window > Development Panels > Component Inspector).

Ensure the Parameters tab is selected and then click on the configuration button:

Here is a list of the various parameters that you can change and an explanation of each of the parameters.

Parameter Explanation
Speed Specifies the speed at which the Zoom animation occurs when a menu item is clicked on. Where zero (0) means no animation. The higher the number the slower the animation. Default value is 7.
Grid Size Specifies the size of the layout grid and thus the size of each menu item. A grid size of 4 means that the grid inside of each menu item will contain 4 rows and 4 columns. Thus it has four available cells. This number should be greater than or equal to two (2). Default is 2. For more information See Grid Layout.
Label Font Specifies the font face used to display the label of each menu item. Select the desired font from the list of available fonts. If Embed Fonts is set to 'true', the dropdown list will also display a list of fonts that you have chosen to embed in your Flash Movie.
Label Size Specifies the point size used to display the font in the label of each menu item. Remember, that menu items are scaled so you will have to play around with this number to get the text at the right size for viewing. Default is 30.
Label Placement Specifies the default label placement for all menu items. This color can be over-ridden for individual menu item's using actionscript or if you specify a labelPlacement attribute for the menu item in your xml document.
Label Color Specifies the default label color for all menu items. This color can be over-ridden for individual menu item's using actionscript or if you specify a labelColor attribute for the menu item in your xml document.
Embed Fonts Specifies whether the label for each menu item should be rendered with embedded fonts (true). When zooming embedded fonts are smoother, whereas if you don't embed the fonts the text resizing is really jerky. Default value is false. For more information See Font Configuration .
Mask Area Specifies whether the zoom surface should not be seen outside of the component's bounding box. Default value is true.
Zoom Finished Function Specifies the name of a function which will be called when a menu item has finished zooming in or out. The label of the item which was last zoomed is passed to this function as an argument. For more information see Adding Actions to Menu Items.
Click Function Specifies the name of a function which will be called when a menu item is clicked on. The label of the item which was clicked on is passed to this function as an argument. For more information see Adding Actions to Menu Items.
Main Label This setting changes the label of the main menu item, that is the menu item which holds all other menu items. This is the label shown in the navigation trail when the menu is completely zoomed out.
Show Remove Warning Specifies whether a warning is shown when you attempt to remove a menu item from the tree.