Flash :: Moving Menu Causing Anxiety

Moving Around Timeline Causing Movieclips To Duplicate
Something in my flash file is causing a movieclip to duplicate. I think it's down to calling gotoAndPlay. I don't have a way in AS2 to check the children of the parent and maybe remove the duplicate movieclip. Anybody come across something similar?

Just to describe the problem in more detail. I have a series of pages. When you click through to a new page the previous page moves to the site but a little bit sticks out so you can bring it back again. On a page you click on a button to go onto a new page. The third time I do this a duplicate of the page I'm moving away seems to appear. The duplicate moves out of the way (with none of the components initialised) and the original stays overlaying the page that should be showing. I'm not going to the keyframe where the MC appears so I don't know why it's being duplicated.

Edited: 04/17/2008 at 08:01:24 AM by markh

Flash Causing Animated Gifs To Stop Moving?
check out this page: http://www.twice-as-nice.co.uk/index.phtml

Now when viewed in firefox that animated gif at the top seems perfectly happy and keeps moving.

But when viewed in IE once the flash loads the gif stops moving.

anybody seen this happen before?

badly need a solution

Having PopUp Anxiety... Please,please Help
Problem: I can't seem to get a PopUp to work for this scenario.

VERY IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ WHAT THE SITUATION IS....

1. I have a main flash movie, index.swf, embeded into index.html page.

2. A second external flash movie, navigation.swf, is loaded onto index.swf to _level2

3. In navigation.swf is the button that when pressed a new window will pop-up.

I don't normaly use pop-ups, and am new to actionscript...so I need help trying to figure this one out. I think the reason why the pop-ups are not opening is b/c the button with the getURL function is on an external .swf that is not embeded into index.html document where the javascript goes. Does anyone know if this is the problem, and if not what is? How can I get the loaded button to communicate to the index.html??

Heres the script on the button(which is on _level2):
on(release){
getURL(javascript: openNewWindow('popup.html', 'popup', 'height=200, width=200, toolbar=no, scrollbar=no')
}

I've tried:
on(release){
_level0.getURL(javascript: openNewWindow('popup.html', 'popup', 'height=200, width=200, toolbar=no, scrollbar=no')
}
....but it didn't work.

Here's the Javascript for the index.html:
<script language="JavaScript">
function openNewWindow('popup.html', 'popup', 'height=200, width=200, toolbar=no, scrollbar=no') { newWindow=window.open('popup.html', 'popup', 'height=200, width=200, toolbar=no, scrollbar=no'); }

URLVariables , The @ Sign, And Anxiety
ok what's the deal with URLVariables and it's utf8 character restriction ?

I'm trying to pass an email but I keep getting %40 instead of @

and how can I order the variables

Did Adobe drop the ball on this or am I stupid ???

Sliding Menu Script Causing Whole Page To Slide
hey!
in my flash scene i placed the same kind of actionscript used in the Panoroma 360 tutorial. i just wanted to control the one movie clip in the scene with the slide actionscript, and it slides side to side perfectly when i just play the movie in flash player. it's when i put it out on the web that it starts messing up. instead of controlling the one clip, the cursor drags the entire movie around the screen with it. to see what i mean check out http://www.bigmouthpost.com/flashtest.html wait for the main menu, go to the gallery section, and you'll see what i mean. if you'd like to see the code let me know. you can also check out the tutorial i got the code from at virtual-fx in the expert actionscript section.i've also noticed that this tends to happen more often in netscape as opposed to iexplorer. thanks for any help you can give me, if you think more info about the what i did would help then please let me know. i will work with you on this.
My boss is going to eat my head!
Adam
[Edited by Adam Shumaker on 07-06-2001 at 09:32 AM]

Moving Menu And Not (yet) Moving Arrows
Hi,

The title I guess say it all, huh?

But just to be sure.

I have a main menu wich goes right or left. Depends what categorie you choose. When it goes left I have to load a arrow movie wich goes left and for right has to load a moviw arrow which goes right (and not wrong). Thats means that there are two movies: arow left movie and arrow right movie. And both have to react at the moving menu, which were to load and play.
So first level would be the menu which ships from right to left.
Second level (under the menu) one of the arrow movie has to load depending which direction the movie goes.

(now Im confused. What was there I wanted??? A, right!)

I figured out that maybe its more confortable to load it from the library but also if it can be loaded from external files I dont mind. (I did the container thing before so I understand it a bit.

The arrow movies are movies played in the background, as the menu remains on top all the time.

The script for animating the menu is:

onClipEvent (load) {

_root.newposition = "null";

}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

current = getProperty(_root.drop, _x);

if (_root.newposition<current) {

distance = current-_root.newposition;

setProperty("_root.drop", _x, current-(distance*.1));

}

if (_root.newposition>current) {

distance = _root.newposition-current;

setProperty("_root.drop", _x, current+(distance*.1));

}

}

Menu Navigation Help Desperate Moving Menu Buttons
Hi On my flash site i have a list of buttons, when i rollover one of the buutons i want sub menu buttons to appear below it and push the other buttons down to make space, and on moue out the buttons to move back up to original place, how can i go abut doing this? hope someone can help really desperate

"GET" Causing Dynamic Menu Not To Work
Hope someone can help with this.
This is a dynamic menu built from an xml file. The code is below.

Code:
var menuXml:XML = new XML();
menuXml.ignoreWhite = true;
menuXml.load("http://somwhere.com/myMenu.xml");
menuXml.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
menuItem = this.firstChild.childNodes;
for (var i = 0; i<menuItem.length; i++) {
item = _root.attachMovie("itemClip", "itemClip"+i, i);
item._x = 65;
item._y = 25*i;
item.itemLabel1.text = menuItem[i].attributes.name;
item.itemLabel2.text = menuItem[i].attributes.name;
item.myUrl = menuItem[i].attributes.url;
item.onRollOver = function() {
this.attachMovie("star_mc", "star_mc2", 1);
this.star_mc2._y = 20;
};
item.onRollOut = function() {
this.star_mc2.unloadMovie();
};
item.onRelease = function() {
getURL(this.myUrl, "_self");
};
}
}
};

The code works perfectly as is. What I am trying to do now does not.
I have PHP pages in which I try to pass $_GET['opID'] (the variable added on to the browser URL) using FlashVars.

Code:
<param name=FlashVars value="resellerid=<? echo $_GET['opID']; ?>" />
and
FlashVars="resellerid=<? echo $_GET['opID']; ?>"

Each respectively for NN and IE.
Thus, loading the variable into the flash movie at the root level.

When I add "GET" to getURL(this.myUrl, "_self") in the actionscript above to pass the variable to the browser window, there is no response from the menu buttons. In other words, you are not taken to the next webpage.
Even without having the variables passed to the flash movie, and just adding "GET" to the getUrl(), the same problem arises.
getUrl(this.myUrl,"_self","GET") makes the menu stop working.

Am I missing something here? Is it trying to send the var menuXML as well and just freaking out?
I'd appreciate any help someone can give.

Moving Menu
Hello all,

Anyone know how to create a moving menu like the one at http://www.wireframe.co.za or know of any tutorials which tell you how? I created a really simple version but would like a better one.

Thanks,

Naveen

Moving Menu Help?
I have a menu that is at the side of the stage, waiting to slide into view (I've not even thought about the physics of making it look good!), with the registration point at the far right. This is the kind of code I've been trying to go with, but it doesn't seem to do anything! The menu has the instance name menu! Can anybody help?

//initialise settings/variables
menuwidth = menu._width;
currentPos = menu._x;
if (currentPos == 0){
menuIn=true;
}
//moveMenu function, which will run when the menu button is clicked, if menuIn is true
function moveMenu(){
while(currentPos<=menuwidth){
currentPos+10;
}
}
//menu button function, which decides whether the menu needs to move in out out
menu.onRelease = function(){
if(menuIn){
moveMenu;
}
}

Moving Menu
Hello, I'm having this problem which is driving me nuts. I'm a little new at acionscript but know enough to do things. Anyways, here's what I'm trying to do. I have 4 text boxes that are menu options...what I want is when you click on one this shaded box slides to the one you just clicked on. So I've got this shaded box and I'm trying to just get it to align with the X coordinates of the text box the user just clicked on. I'm trying to use the onEnterFrame function to do this so it animates but it's just not working right. Any suggestions about how to create a function that will work with each button to move that shaded box to each one? Thanks for all your help!!!

Moving Menu
I am trying to find a tutorial or FLA that has a menu that does this:
I have a menu that is wider than the space alloted. I want it to move either way based on where the mouse is. I also want real smooth easing. I think you get what i'm talking about. I searched the tutorials and couldn't find what I wanted.
Thanks,
Mark

Help With My Menu - Moving Bar
Hi everyone!

I need some help making a menu for a website I'm making.....

I found an example on the net of what I want to do... Actually, reading a post by cracker23 helped me find the online example!!

It's at http://www.hybride.com/eng/hybrideeng.html

If you go to the website and click on "team" at the top, there will be this thing where there are four buttons, and when you click on one of the buttons, the image above scrolls to whatever image is associated with that button.

I am trying to do something similar for a menu, so that when you click on a menu-button, a bar below will move across to the appropriate list of subsections... but I have no idea how to do it!!

ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated!

Moving Menu
OK,
I have a navigation menu, which I want to extend length wise when the user clicks on a certain button. I have my menu before, and then I tweaked the menu in another keyframe ahead to what it should look like once it has "moved down". I want to create a tween that would animate the menu extending down. Any ideas?

Moving Menu
I try too make the menu dont take so much space when I dont need it.
I have the menu under the flash and I like too make so when I move the mouse over a layer it move up and show and when I move the mouse outside the label the menu move done.

Moving Menu
Hi,

Can anybody tell me how to make a menu move to different spots on the page when different buttons are pressed? Two examples are http://www.kaitlynlusk.com and ankore.com

Thanks for your help,
Jeremy

Moving SWF Menu
I created an SWF referenced menu that I connected to all the web pages for the site I run; it is unfortunately immobile. I would like the SWF to move down the page as the user scrolls down the page but really don't have any idea as to how to do that.

page with menu : http://www.victoryfaith.org/before/attend.html

Moving Menu?
I have a menu in the shape of a circle thats broken into slices. Each slice is a mc and links to a page. Was wondering if its possible to have a slice break away from the circle on mouseover and then slowly move back to normal on rollout?

New to flash so any help would be appriciated! Thanks!

Moving Menu
How do i make a moving menu

First its like this

--/--------------
Home-Forum-Flash
--/--------------

Then when u click Forum it looks like this

--------/--------
Home-Forum-Flash
--------/--------

and when u click Flash it looks like this

--------------/--
Home-Forum-Flash
--------------/--

So it moves realy cool when u click it it also goes 2 the page
Heres what i mean
-- Click Here --
if that dousnt work http://www.phpforflash.com/

Thx, yhack

Moving Menu
hey i was trying to build something like this www.the-passenger.com
I want to use the transition between external swf's technique from kirupa.
The Swf's have different heights.
Now i want a menu going up and down depending on the height of the loaded swf.
like is done in www.the-passenger.com
you see the copyright bar going up and down while content is loaded.

Does somebody know how to build this into the transition between external swf's tutorial

Moving Menu...
I made a menu that has a button called menu... When you roll over the mouse on the button menu the menu oppens, when you roll out the mouse the menu closes... If you press a button the menu must move in another position and stay there... The moving of the menu it has nothing to do with the menu, it is just an animation and after the menu is copyed... The button that was pressed before the menu moved must remain pressed...
My menu is organized in more movie clips on different frames on the main movie clip: closed menu, opening menu, moving menu and I must make more...
When the menu is open, if I click a button it must move like it is after I release it, so I made in the move_menu movie clip 2 buttons for each of the button... The first frame of them is blank and from the second it must play for the button that was released...
For example, if I release buton1 it must:

sa_1.gotoAndPlay("selectie_albastru");
select_1.gotoAndPlay("selectie_buton");

For button 2:

sa_2.gotoAndPlay("selectie_albastru");
select_2.gotoAndPlay("selectie_buton");

How can I make this actions from the open state of the menu? The open state it is in a movie clip in frame 10 of the main movie clip and the moving state is at frame 30 of the main movie clip in another movie clip, if it matters...
It don't care if this actions can be made in another way, using the i variable for veryfing the what button was released or any other way...

I hope you understan the idea and you can help me...
Thanks!

[AS] Moving Menu
Last edited by sfethan : 2003-11-14 at 13:39.

Hi guys, I was tryingto make my menu buton move up from the bottom of the stage, and it won't work, it makes me keep scraching my head and now I'm almost half bald now...T_T...
here's my code:

edit : I format the code so you can easily see...please help...

ActionScript Code:
MovieClip.prototype.moveUp = function(s, y) {
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
this.moving = true;
ySpeed = Math.round(y-this._y)*s;
if (ySpeed == 0) {
this.moving = false;
this._y = y;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
this._y += ySpeed;
};
};
//then call this function
myClip.onRelease = function(){
moveUp(.5, 10);
}

thanks you for your help...

How To Create A Moving Menu?
someone teach me how to create a moving menu, when the mouse point going up the menu also scroll up and when the mouse point going down the menu also scroll down. And than when the mouse point the menu the menu will be stopped moving.

How Do I Make This Moving Menu?
I'm trying to find a fla or recreate this menu....

http://www.patrick-farrell.com/flash/home.html

It basically moves left when your mouse is left and moves right when your mouse is right. And it cycles so that it loops endlessly.

I don't know how to do it....and am hoping there is a fla file out there that I can modify.

Thanks,

How Do I Make This Moving MenU?
I'm trying to find a fla or recreate this menu....

http://www.patrick-farrell.com/flash/home.html

It basically moves left when your mouse is left and moves right when your mouse is right. And it cycles so that it loops endlessly.

I don't know how to do it....and am hoping there is a fla file out there that I can modify.

Thanks,

Items On A Moving Menu
Hi,

I'm trying to make a menu that pops out when rolled over (you've seen it a thousand times). The problem is that since I've applied the on(action) script to the movie clip, any buttons or other clips I place on the moving movie clip itself dont respond to their own on(action) scripts. Here's what I have so far (without any menu items).

http://www.clintbalcom.com/photoTest.htm

How can I add movie clips and/or buttons to the menu that pops out that will actually work when rolled over and out...? Is it only buttons that dont respond from within a movie clip?

Thanks...help!!
Clint

Moving Navigation Menu
Hi,

I've seen some web sites in which the navigation menu on the left moves down the screen as the user scrolls down, making sure it is on the screen at all times. If my navigation menu is a flash object embedded in a html page, how do I go about doing this? I don't need to do the whole page in flash, do I?

TIA,
aaroneousmonk

Help Please Moving Menu Underline...
Hi there,

just needed a bit of help, starting to design a new website fully in flash but i needed to know how to make the menu underline thing that is seen on this site:

http://ch.iremota.com/

i wanted something that is continuous and doesnt break but kinda follows to the button that is rolled over. If anyone can help it would be greatly apreciated.

Moving Menu Highlighter. How Do They Do It?
I want to do a menu highlighter like is used on this site.

http://www.thanea.com/ars/

The when a menu option is clicked the highlighted graphic moves from its current position to the proper location of the selected link.

How is this done?

Help With Loader & Moving Menu
The school project is a web gallery, it's composed of a main swf that loads others swfs, but I hace 3 problems:

1) The main swf (index.swf) has a moving menu that movis according to the cursor's position......but it keeps moving even if the cursor is out of the "menu area" (the top of the screen with the marbles, grass& studd). How can I limit it's influence over the menu to the "men area".

2) The other swfs have their own loaders......but they don't work when I load them from the main swf.

3) I'm using xml to load jpg's externally in 5 swfs (cartel, edit, foto, ilust & envase). The xml makes them load and also it makes a short description appears, but as above it only works when it is not loaded from the index.swf. If I load it from there the images appear, but the description doesnt.

I have uploaded them for testing, so here are they are:
This is the main movie:
http://home.ripway.com/2005-5/309109/index.html

This is one of the galleries:
http://home.ripway.com/2005-5/309109/cartel.swf

And these are the fla archives:

http://home.ripway.com/2005-5/309109/cartel.fla.zip

http://home.ripway.com/2005-5/309109/index.fla.zip

All the actionscript code is on a layer in both fla archives, and in the index archive there's also code in the "front" layer in the marble-shaped-buttons.

i know it's a lot to ask....but I'm pretty sure they are minor changes since everything works. I only included 2 fla archives because if anyone helps me with those I'll just fix the others by watxhing the corrections.

Well...that's all....please help me. By the way everything is on Flash MX 2004

Moving Menu Items HELP
Hi. I'm trying to make a web page, with four links (that I assume would be best as MC's) and an image in the middle of the page. I want to make it so that when you click one of the links, eg. PICS, that the four links would move to the bottom of the screen, the image would fade out, and the pics page would then load in the middle of the screen.

Now I ASSUME that what I'm trying to do is heavily controlled by actionscript, but I'm pretty much a n00b at in depth actionscript. So if you could keep the explanation in lamens terms, that would be much appreciated. If not, if there is a template or tutorial of some kind, that I can look at and pretty much take the code from, that's fine as well.

[F8 PRO] Moving Menu Script
I have been asked to redesign a school website and I need to adapt the current menu. Instead of crayons moving off to the left they want trees growing up from below.

http://www.spetisbury.dorset.sch.uk/...sbury_menu.fla

The trees should look like bushes then when you roll over text in the green bar the bush (tree) moves up to reveal that is a tree, like a tree growing. The script is from the old menu because that's the kind of movement I want. The current menu is http://www.spetisbury.dorset.sch.uk/kids/. The file is http://www.spetisbury.dorset.sch.uk/...spetisbury.fla.

I really need your help as I'm not very good with scripting.

Randomly Moving Menu
Hi guys
can anyone explain how is the randomly rotating menu in the shoes section of the following link done:
http://www.kangaroos.com/uk/

the menu with the shoes rotating ....

I know how they have connected the shoes with the lines but how r they rotating?

Any help appreciated. thanks a lot for your help.

require it urgently as i need to incorporate the idea in a project.
thanks again

Ritika

A Moving Pointer For A Menu
Ok, I'm new to doing anything in any depth in Flash but I'm trying to get better at it. I have Flash 8 pro on a mac running os x.

I have a simple vertical menu of button symbols. I would like to have a pointer that scrolls up and down to point at whatever button is being moused over and that stays pointed at the button whose page is currently being viewed. I don't know much at all about action script but I would really, really appreciate it if anyone could help walk me through the process. I know it has something to do with _y coordinates and a motion tween, and thats about all I understand. It is just a really cool effect and I'd like to make use of it.

Thanks in advance for any help I can get.

Moving Menu Problem
Hi,

I´m having some problems with my menu I´m working on.
It´s weird cus I´d already have done the same menu once and worked fine...

The selector mark is suposed to "mark" the selection on the menu after a selection is pressed. But I´m having problems with the X and y coordinates and scales of the MC and when I click on the option, the MC gets smaller and then bigger to the size I want.
It´s suposed change scale and position but its not working like it is suposed to work.
I´m not sure either if I´m setting the Mc on the initial x and y coordinates.

Thanks for any help...

Horizontal Moving Pic Menu
I was wondering if anyone new of a tutorial that deals with a menu of photos thats moves to the left and right Horizontally and is controlled by the movement of the mouse...

Help Its Stressing Me Out->>moving Menu
hello!
i am learning this moving up and down menu, it is like the one on this website: http://www.24-7media.de/ ....i can make it move but the problem is trying to insert buttons within the menu that enables me to go the next scene. i am buliding my flash file based on mulitple scenes. so far i have been using the code :

a.onRelease = function (){
gotoAndStop("Scene 2", 1);
};

but it only works on the main timeline

please help me!!!!!!!!! i have been trying to write some codes to help myself but it is not working and i am too embarressed to show u guys!!!!!

if u can, recommand me so tutorials to learn how to navigatate with this kind of menu! i cant find it on kirupa

Moving Menu X Y Positions.
braingiants.com we've all seen it... big deal evb.com did it before them... but anyway, my question is how do make the menu move with the changing size of the mc? Can someone please hel me with this. thanks

Help Making A Moving Menu?
Does anyone know how to make a menu slowly move right or left depending on pushing a right or left arrow button?
Much appreciation to any help,
Nebraska girl

Moving Menu Help Needed
Calling all Flash 2004 gurus,
Okay, I have a movie clip which has several buttons inside of it (my menu). I want the buttons to move up or down (kinda like a scrolling movement) depending on the mouse position, (closer to the top or the bottom of the button menu to move it up or down). Does anyone know the code for something like that? Right now this is what it looks like, www.milittisales.com, and click on any of the main categories. The menu I'm trying to fix will pop up. (Right now it takes up too much space.)

I'm still trying to learn, I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks so much!

Moving Menu To New Coordinates
Hi,

I´m trying to acomplish this:

3 buttons, one on top of the other, being 40 pixels far one from the other.
I´d like to, when any of the buttons clicked, for all of them to move 40 pixels down, changing positions, BUT... the last button has to change places with the first one, going from outside the canvas...
Here I attached an animated example of what I whant...
Does anyone have any idea for me? Thanks for anythig

Random Moving Fly In Menu
hey experts out there, will need some help to figure out what kinda script i should use to achieve a smimiliar effect like this website.Your help will be very much appreciated!

http://www.finish.tv

Moving Flash Menu?
hi i have seen it done and i was just wondering how do i make a moving menu
by this i mean
there is like a circle of pictures and the pictures are going in a circle getting larger as they come closer to the front of the ring and stop when you highlight them any 1 know what i mean ? and how to do it ?

Moving On From Xmldropdown Menu...
G'day all,
just recently set up my own version of the xml dropdown menu in flash that Kirupa's put up. I love it, but am finding limited applications for it other than the obvious. Is it possible to use that menu with more dynamic applications?

A good example of what I would like to do is merge Kirupa's XML flash gallery with the dropdown menu, so that a user would choose a selection from the menu that would then bring up the relevant picture (or pictures and body text ideally).

Any ideas?

Moving Menu Causing Anxiety - Please Help