Flash :: Menu Slider Tutorial Help

Slider Menu Tutorial
Can someone help me tweak my slider menu? I created it based on the tutorial here on Kirupa.com, however I need to tweak it so that when I click on "1" it goes to the first pic, when I click on "3" it goes to the third pic and so on. I am new to flash and am not familiar enough with the code to figure it out.

If you could tell me where the actionscript is that controls where the slider starts at and how to make it land on the proper pic when the proper number button is clicked. It is based on this tutorial:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/slidingmenu.htm

Thank you.

Menu With Slider Tutorial
is there any way to make the buttons into movie clips in this tutorial? i much prefer those over buttons. too much mess otherwise.

Menu Slider Tutorial Help
I have problem that I need a little help with. I'm trying to modify the following tutorial for a project. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...ith_slider.htm
I have changed it so that each button will movie a movie clip vertically from behind a masked area and it works but I have two small problems.
I want the movie clips (which I'm using as submenus) to move back on rollout, but when I add the script on (rollout) name.yMove = 300, my buttons on the movie clip don't work. When I take the on (rollout) script out, my buttons work on the movieclip but the submenus stay put.
There is probably an easier way to do this but this is only tutorial close to what I was trying to do.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
thnx

Menu With Slider Tutorial
In the Menu with Slider tutorial as you see there is a sliding object when rolling over the buttons. My question is, if we have buttons at differentsizes, (if you check the tutorial, they are all at the same size) can we make the sliding object change its size according to the size of the button?

TAKE CARE ALL FRIENDS

Tutorial: Menu With Slider
Hey guys
need some help....
i done up the menu with slider
bt seems that gt problem adding content.
I have tried adding some codes to the button (gotoAndPlay to navigate to other scenes), but it results in flashing at output. then i tried using stop but it doesn't work still.

When mouse over certain button, the content will change accordingly,
this is how it suppose to be..

Thanzz
Help will be appreciated

Menu With Slider Tutorial
Hi- I was playing around with the old Menu with Slider Tutorial:

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...ith_slider.htm

And it works as I would expect it to. I ended up modifying it to work vertically instead of horizontally, deleted the what would appear to be a lot of unecessary code, and moved all of the actionscript code off the button instances and to the main timeline. I was doing fine until I tried moving the code that is applied to the "slider" clip:

onClipEvent (load) {
yMove = _y;
easeSpeed = 5;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_y += (yMove-_y)/easeSpeed;
}

I'm not exactly sure what modifications I need to make to this code in order to put it with the rest of the code on the main timeline here:

button_1.onRollOver = function() {
slider.yMove = button_1._y;
};
button_2.onRollOver = function() {
slider.yMove = button_2._y;
};
button_3.onRollOver = function() {
slider.yMove = button_3._y;
};
button_4.onRollOver = function() {
slider.yMove = button_4._y;
};

I tried this:

slider.onLoad = function() {
yMove = _y;
easeSpeed = 5;
};
slider.onEnterFrame = function() {
_y += (yMove-_y)/easeSpeed;
};
button_1.onRollOver = function() {
slider.yMove = button_1._y;
};
button_2.onRollOver = function() {
slider.yMove = button_2._y;
};
button_3.onRollOver = function() {
slider.yMove = button_3._y;
};
button_4.onRollOver = function() {
slider.yMove = button_4._y;
};

But it doesn't work now. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Menu With Slider Tutorial
is there any way to make the buttons into movie clips in this tutorial? i much prefer those over buttons. too much mess otherwise.

Menu Slider Tutorial Question...
Hi All,

am doing this tutorial for the slider menu effect and am a little confused with the code relating to the positioning of the mouse..the code below is what the author used,

if (_xmouse < 349) {
trace ("<");
setProperty ("_root.slider", _x, (-1*_xmouse) + 700);
} else if (_xmouse > 349) {
trace (">");
setProperty ("_root.slider", _x, (-1*_xmouse) + 700);
} else {
trace ("=");
setProperty ("_root.slider", _x, _xmouse);
}
setProperty ("_root.drag", _x, _xmouse);
gotoAndPlay (1);

could someone please explain, how he would have come to the conclusion of < 349 as the point that activates the slider..? The MC mover is 349 to the farthest point of any object (button) but when looking at the main timeline I get confused, and even have trouble explaining it here....also, what is this, trace ("<");..? I checked what trace is in the flash5 help files and can't see what it does in this code...appreciate any help in advance....cheers.

P.S. I'm doing my own version but it is from top/bottom/top, not left/right/left with the sliding effect. I understand that I would have to set the _y, _ymouse co-ordinations as opposed to the _x, _xmouse for this.

Tutorial Or FLA For Draggable Menu Slider
Tut or FLA for a draggable menu slider - PLEASE HELP

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Hi all ... Surely, with all those gr8 minds out there some one can help ??!!

I have searched high and low for a tutorial or an FLA for what I need and cant find one .... PLEASE HELP !!! There are heaps of tuts for sliders just not the kind I need.

This is what I am trying to do ...

I have a vertical slider with 6 increments. As the user drags the button/slider to any of those increments withinin the slider, it will launch the relevant pics
to the Right Hand side of the slider.

PLease help, point me in the right direction as I have a looming DEADline ... Hope I've been clear about what I am trying to achieve.

Thanx heaps in advance.

Kirupa Menu With Slider Tutorial Help
Hi.

i tried this assignment and it's wonderful, simple and easy to follow steps.
now how do i hook it up on my main homepage? i have created my homepage in dreamweaver.

help needed ASAP please!

Sharada

Menu Slider Tutorial (Help With Variations)
Hi Guys

I just completed the "menu slider" tutorial as well as the other "dragging menu" tutorials as well. I managed to do the 4 symbols and do the menu slider perfectly.

I want to make the same menu slider BUT with seven, eight, twenty, thirty pictures (whatever my wishes may be). I know you have to change the code but I can't see the logic. Please help. Replies and help will be greatly apreciated.

Lucian

Help Required With Menu With Slider Tutorial
Hi,

I'm a bigginer & trying to develope a website in flash. I'm have combined two tutorials from your site - "Transitions between External SWFs" & Menu with Slider. Everything is working fine, only problem is I want the slider to stay on the current active link(button). Currently what is happening is if I'm on Page1 & I rollover the mouse on other button the slider moves to that button & stays there. What I want is if I don't click on other link, when rollout without clicking the slider should move back where it was - on the active page link.

Similar menu I saw is on this site - http://www.alennox.net/annie1024.html

Could somebody help me please?.......I will be really greatful.

Menu Slider Tutorial Question
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...ith_slider.htm

Hi guys!
For the Menu slider tutuorial, I made it and put it on top of my website
as one flash file. Each button is linked to a different HTML page.
How can I make it so that the arrow stays on top of the name of the
page the viewer is seeing?

[It’s just that since it’s the same flash file on every page, it is reset every time it loads. One menu file is the whole point for making it easily updateable]

In other words, I would like for the arrow to rest on the name of the
page that is opened...

And if it can be done all in the same flash file, that would be awesome!

-Thanks!!!!!

Question About Menu With Slider Tutorial
i'm working with the MENU with SLIDER tutorial located at: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...ith_slider.htm

Basically, I'm designing something where I want the slider to move vertically instead of horizontally. Would I simply change all the "x"s in the code to "y"s?

I tried this but the slider doesn't move at all. Is there more to it?

thanks for reading,

evan

Flash Menu Slider Tutorial Question
i'm having problems with the flash menu slider file, it works fine for four buttons but as soon as i add in button_5 , button_6 or button_7 the slider instead of moving under that button will jump all the way back to the left...only for those three buttons....i accounted for them all in the code but it still does the same thing...can anyone please help me out....thanks in advance....

Code:
easeSpeed = 5;
//slider_mc is your Movie Clip's name, not the Instance Name.
slider_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._x += (xMove-this._x)/easeSpeed;
};
button_1.onPress = function() {
xMove = button_1._x;
};
button_2.onPress = function() {
xMove = button_2._x;
};
button_3.onPress = function() {
xMove = button_3._x;
};
button_4.onPress = function() {
xMove = button_4._x;
};
button_5.onPress = function() {
xMove = button_5._x;
};
button_6.onPress = function() {
xMove = button_6._x;
};
button_7.onPress = function() {
xMove = button_7._x;
};

Confusion On The Kirupa.com Tutorial, Menu With Slider
Well, please check this tutorial :

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...ith_slider.htm

In the tutorial, we add this code ( in step number 7) :

Code:
button_1.onPress = function() {

xMove = button_1._x;

};
button_2.onPress = function() {

xMove = button_2._x;

};
button_3.onPress = function() {

xMove = button_3._x;

};
button_4.onPress = function() {

xMove = button_4._x;

};

The Whole thing works without this code !!! So, i am just confused...
what is the importance of the code above? Can anyone explain me why this code is there in the fla? I mean, i deleted these lines and it works perfectly.

Please forgive me if this is stupid question . I am learning action script and I understood everything in this tutorial except the above thingie. Thanks.

Slider Menu Help Kirupa Tutorial. FLA Attached
Man, I got my buttons and slider, but after every try, I go to preview, and teh slider will not move. Ive only been doing flash for a couple of days, please help!

Help With Kirupa "Menu With Slider" Tutorial
Hi all,
How can I use the following Kirupa tutorial and replace the buttons with movie clips and still achieve the same effect?

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...ith_slider.htm

I have tried this for 2 days but no use.I hope some one will be able to help me for sure. And also I need help with one of my other posts "Combo box label selection".There have been 16 views till now and no possible answers yet.But i still hope someone will be able to answer.

Thanks in advance.

A Problem With "Menu With Slider" Tutorial
So i wanted to do a Menu with slider function. I followed the tutorial exacly, but i ran into a problem.

My slider dont center on the middle of my buttons, but like 20% on the left end of em like this picture shows:

what am i doing wrong?

Slider Menu - Resize Slider And Change Btn Color
Hi there,

I am using code from http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...ith_slider.htm. and
I found how to make slider smaller or bigger in this forum but I don't know what wrong of my buttons. The width of the slider is not same as all buttons. It looks smaller and on the right more.

Actually, I would like to make the same slider menu at <A href="http://www.grouplotus.com/grp/">http://www.grouplotus.com/grp/. Their buttons can change color even mouse out. Could you or someone else can teach me how to do that?

my flash file
http://www.halfuncorner.com/flash/btn.swf
http://www.halfuncorner.com/flash/btn.fla

many thanks,
jo

Slider Wont Work For My Menu Slider
i tried following this tut on a menu slider http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...th_slider2.htm, but I cant seem to get the slider to work, whenever I test the movie the slider just slides to the left corner and than doesnt move after that. anyone know what is going on or have any advice??

i posted my swf file to show you and then the fla file if anyone actually wants to see everything.

Im kinda new to flash so I obviously dont know what is wrong. Any help would be very appreciated.

Slider Menu - Resize Slider And Btn Color
Hi there,

I am using code from http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...ith_slider.htm. and
I found how to make slider smaller or bigger in this forum but I don't know what wrong of my buttons. The width of the slider is not same as all buttons. It looks smaller and on the right more.

Actually, I would like to make the same slider menu at <A href="http://www.grouplotus.com/grp/">http://www.grouplotus.com/grp/. Their buttons can change color even mouse out. Could you or someone else can teach me how to do that?

my flash file
http://www.halfuncorner.com/flash/btn.swf
http://www.halfuncorner.com/flash/btn.fla

many thanks,
jo

I Need A Tutorial For A Slider, Any Help?
I need to make a bar that will slide when a user clicks on it drags it and that stays in place when they release. Can anyone offer any isight?

Slider Tutorial
I followed this tutorial ..I want to make a slider bar..but when i publish it..I get nothing but a white box..its blank..what am i doing wrong? I never used flash before..& id like to make something like this for a website..
http://tutorialoutpost.com/count/2761

When Are You Updating Your Slider Bar Tutorial Pom?
Hey people....... I have one quick question.. I keep going to the slider control tutorial and at the end it says "Here! I hope you found this tutorial interesting. Check back soon and we'll see how to build a nice slider component from the A to the Z." When is that going to be updated??? Anyway.. All I need to know is when I hit the play button I also have to move the slider to que the music.. How can I change the action script to where when someone presses the play button.. the volume is already turned up to 50 percent??? This has been buggin me for a long time now. I keep messing with the script... but no luck. I know at least one of you know. Here is the action script I am trying to use.

this.ratio = 0;
dragger.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag(true, 0, 0, line._width, 0);
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
ratio = Math.round(this._x*100/line._width);
_root.volume = ratio;
};
};
dragger.onRelease = dragger.onreleaseOutside=stopDrag;

Can anyone help me out????
Thanks,
..SweRViN..

Slider Bars Tutorial
Did the tutorial and everything works great. I am just wondering if there is a way to make left and right buttons that can control the position of the slider, as well?

Re.Volume Slider Tutorial
Hi,
Adjusting your volume-slider tutorial.

I would like the volumen to be higher than 0 when the swf is loaded, so that music can be heard without the need of dragging the volume...

I've tried to set the dragger in the middle of the slider but still the actual sound is 0 at start.

The code is as follows:
this.ratio = 0;
dragger.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag(true, 0, 0, line._width, 0);
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
ratio = Math.round(this._x*100/line._width);
_root.volume = ratio;
};
};
Thx

Slider Bars Tutorial
Did the tutorial and everything works great. I am just wondering if there is a way to make left and right buttons that can control the position of the slider, as well?

Text Slider Bar Tutorial.
Hi everyone, I have problems displaying long text on flash.
I have made a kind of text slider but it doesnt function so well.
Anyone has any good tutorial how to make scrolling text?
a simple one like the classic windows scroller.

Sound Slider And Volume Tutorial?
can any one point me in the direction of a good tutorial
to make a volume slider and a progress scruber/seeker?

Ive been searching for ever now..

Sound Slider And Volume Tutorial?
im having problems makin a volume slider..

Code:
//----------------------------------------
loader.scrub.left = loader.scrub._x;
loader.scrub.right = loader.scrub.left+100;
loader.scrub.top = loader.scrub._y;
loader.scrub.bottom = loader.scrub._y;
loader.scrub._x = playerSound.getVolume();

volume_txt.text = playerSound.getVolume();
loader.scrub.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag(false, this.left, this.top, this.right, this.bottom);
this.isDragging = true;
};
loader.scrub.onMouseMove = function() {
if (this.isDragging) {
volume_txt.text = this._x;
}
};
loader.scrub.onRelease = loader.scrub.onReleaseOutside=function () {
stopDrag();
isDragging = false;
playerSound.setVolume(this._x);
};
//----------------------------------------
the volume keeps being displayed as 43 to 143
or -173 to 21 depending where I put the MC on the stage

what am i doin wrong?

Volume Slider - Kirupa Tutorial
Hello,

I've followed the Kirupa Tutorial (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/volume_slider.htm) - i was wondering if someone could tell me what i would need to do to the Action Script (below) in order to have it so the volume (slider) is set to max when loaded. So the music starts loud instead of muted. Really appreciate your help!

Quote:

this.ratio = 0;
dragger.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag(true, 0, 0, line._width, 0);
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
ratio = Math.round(this._x*100/line._width);
_root.volume = ratio;
};
};
dragger.onRelease = dragger.onreleaseOutside=stopDrag;

Sample/tutorial Slider Puzzle
I'm looking for a sample or tutorial slider puzzle, preferrably in MX, but any version will do.

By slider puzzle I'm referring to the puzzle which slices a square image into 15 or so tiles and then mixes them up. The player then tries to sort the picture out by sliding tiles one at a time.

Does anyone know of any out there?

Thanks,
J.J.

Flashkit Slider-Scrubber Tutorial Code Help?
Hi! I'm building a playhead/scrubber to navigate my external swfs through the main timeline. After going through the tutorial here http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/In...1223/index.php

When I put the code in my swfs, it works fine. When I then import those swfs into my maintimes, it doesn't work. The ball doesn't stick to the slider line and can be picked up and moved around all over the page. Does anyone see what I'm doing wrong? Do I need to put in _parent in front of something!? Or if you have a better idea on how I can do this, please please let me know!

Code:
this.mcHolder.onEnterFrame = function() {
this.mcHolder = _root._currentframe;
};

this.onLoad = function() {
_global.played = "played";
_global.togle = false;
_global.origX = this.slide._x;
_global.origY = this.slide._y;
_global.draged = "no";
_global.factor = 550;
_global.percentage = factor/_root._totalframes;
this.lineclip._width = factor+this.slide._width;
this.lineclip._x = origX;
this.lineclip._y = origY;
};

this.slide.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (draged<>"yes") {
this._x = Math.ceil((_currentframe*percentage)+origX-1);
} else {
_root.gotoAndStop(Math.floor((this._x-origX)/percentage)+1);
}
};

this.slide.onPress = function() {
_global.draged = "yes";
this.startDrag(false, origX, origY, origX+(factor*Math.ceil(_framesloaded/_totalframes)), origY);
};

this.slide.onRelease = function() {
_global.draged = "no";
stopDrag();
if (played == "played") {
_root.play();
}
};

F8 Scrubber/slider Tutorial Code Question?
Hi! Hope someone can offer their expertise...

I'm building a playhead/scrubber to navigate my external swfs through the main timeline. After going through this tutorial http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/In...1223/index.php I put the code in my swfs, and it works fine.

BUT when I then import those swfs into my maintimes, it doesn't work. The ball doesn't stick to the slider line and can be picked up and moved around all over the page.

Does anyone see what I'm doing wrong? Do I need to put in _parent in front of something!? Or if you have a better idea on how I can do this, please please let me know!

ActionScript Code:
this.mcHolder.onEnterFrame = function() {
this.mcHolder = _root._currentframe;
};

this.onLoad = function() {
_global.played = "played";
_global.togle = false;
_global.origX = this.slide._x;
_global.origY = this.slide._y;
_global.draged = "no";
_global.factor = 550;
_global.percentage = factor/_root._totalframes;
this.lineclip._width = factor+this.slide._width;
this.lineclip._x = origX;
this.lineclip._y = origY;
};

this.slide.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (draged<>"yes") {
this._x = Math.ceil((_currentframe*percentage)+origX-1);
} else {
_root.gotoAndStop(Math.floor((this._x-origX)/percentage)+1);
}
};

this.slide.onPress = function() {
_global.draged = "yes";
this.startDrag(false, origX, origY, origX+(factor*Math.ceil(_framesloaded/_totalframes)), origY);
};

this.slide.onRelease = function() {
_global.draged = "no";
stopDrag();
if (played == "played") {
_root.play();
}
};

Code Explanation Required: Slider Tutorial
In regards to the slider menu tutorial, (which was a great tutorial, hats off to Bryan), I'm a newbie to actionscript. Never used it before.. don't under stand how it relates to the math generally.

Was wondering if I could get a breakdown and explanation of this bit of code:

Code:
this._x += (xMove1-this._x)/easeSpeed;
Thanks

P.S. My slider doesn't seem to want to move to the center of my buttons, it always deviates slightly to the left. Go figure?

Help Modifying Volume Control Slider Tutorial
I'd like to use a slider to control the volume of the background music on my flash site. I would like the background music to stream, so the user does not have to click on a play button to initiate the sound.

This tutorial would work great, if I could customize is for my needs:

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/volume_slider.htm

What I change the AS to streaming:

onClipEvent (load) {
mySound = new Sound();
mySound.loadSound("sound2.mp3", true);
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
downloaded = mySound.getBytesLoaded();
total = mySound.getBytesTotal();
if (downloaded != total) {
_root.dl = "downloading song...";
} else {
complete = 1;
_root.dl = "";
}
mySound.setVolume(_root.volume);
}

There are two problems...Altough it streams successfully, the mp3 stops looping and you have to drag the slider over the the right to hear it initially...

Does anyone have some simple mods to this tutorial, to let it control background music? It think it would be a hand tool for alot of ppl.

Thanks in advance.

[flash 8] - Volume Slider Tutorial Question
the tutorial work great, but how can i set it to autoplay and at a initial set volume? Users can then slide the volume if its too loud or too low.

tutorial:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/volume_slider.htm

thx

Creating A Volume Control Slider (tutorial)
Hi There,
I followed the Kirupa tutorial about 'Creating a Volume Control Slider' which was great and worked fine, but I would like the mp3 to start playing at a moderate volume as soon as the user enters the site, at the moment you have to press play and then adjust the slider.
Thanks in advance

How To Add Drop Down Menu To This Slider Menu
Hi All,

I need to add a drop down menu to the main menu button called "galleries".

The menu came from one of the awesome kirupa tutorials here, and below is a link to my existing menu w slider:

http://www.innova-techsolutions.com/...8_18_05_bu.htm

When I try to add a popup menu to "galleries" to the over state in galleries, the popup menu dissappears when you rollover the first item.

Here is the .fla, click on gallery, and open up popup_but to see what I've done in the "over" state:

http://www.innova-techsolutions.com/flashgroup.fla

This if my first flash site, and I long over schedule, so I'd sure appreciate any help w this.

Thanks,

Art Hans

Infinite Menu And Menu With Slider
Hello flashers, i got two questions, if anyone could help me please, i tried to do the infinite menu tutorial and it works, but it results that mine is in a movie that is loaded into another one, and i dont know how to make it recognize the movement of the cursor only in the loaded movie area, and stop working if i go over the root movie. what do i have to define the active area. Well thats one, the other is that i tried to do the menu with slider tutorial, it work great, but how can i make it so that when a movie loaded with one of that buttons, is loaded, the slider stays below that button, that if i go over other button, it slides to it, but on a rollout, gets back to the button corresponding to the movie loaded. I hope i made myself clear enough, i will greatly accept any idea. on that second one, i tried to do the if frame loaded, so that it veryfies if one of the loaded movies is there, and then use a on rollout, but i frankly dont know. And if someone could give me the name of a good book to learn actionscript from scratch, i am a graphic designer, know a lot about photoshop and other tools, but i want to learn flash, and some programing. well thats it for this first message. thanks

Menu Slider With Drop Down Sub-Menu's
I've downloaded the sourcefile for a standard menu slider. How do I now include the ability for it to have drop down sub-categories under each menu heading?

All help will be greatly appreciated.

Lisa

Slider-menu
Help needed... I want to make a navigation where you can grab a graphic or movie-clip, then slide (y) the object to menu1, menu2, menu3... and depending on where you release the mousebutton you are taken to a new scene or frame...

Perhaps its easier to understand if I tell you the navigation has to work like the rpm-slider on a turntable.

Soren Nielsen
sn@turnstyle.dk