[sleepingfish]

It's been a while since I've used flash.

I have a main Navigation bar, with drop-down style sub menus that appear on a rollover (of a main nav bar button).

On the sub menu I want to have other rollOvers (for sub menu buttons).

So far I have a button (on the main nav) that makes a movie goTo a frame that displays the submenu area, this sub menu area has a button covering it that, when the mouse moves off it (rollOut), tells the menu to dissapear, so far, so good.

However when I start to put buttons on top of the sub menu area (in the sub menu mc) I can't get the damn things to work, I want several buttons that can tellTarget a movie to go to a rollover state for each sub menu button.

I'll try to post an example.

Is my problem something stupid like buttons on buttons don't work, or is there an issue with the depreciated tellTarget - I've tried it without tellTarget (and I'm pretty sure I did it correctly with dot syntax), and I got the same problems.

[Mr Fred]

dont use tell target (though it should still work)

are you maning all instances and calling them in .root fashion?

[gray]

do you mean kinda like this http://www.grahammorley.com/menu.swf but with rollovers instead of clicks?

[sleepingfish]

JP: yes
Gray: yes

[gray]

take at look at the .fla if it helps www.grahammorley.com/menu.fla

[sleepingfish]

Thanks Gray , although I want the sub menu area to dissapear (go to a frame) when the mouse rolls out of the sub menu area.

So I guess the whole of the sub menu (mc) has to be covered with a button? Which is where the problems seem to begin.

[gray]

just add

on(rollOut, releaseOutside){
gotoAndStop(1);
}

to every button insed the sub menu... send me the fla if you want and I'll do it.. easier than trying to explain

[sleepingfish]

Thanks!

I've got no problem making the sub menu dissapear though, just making the buttons on top of the sub menu work (and stopping them from making the sub menu dissapear on a button rollOver)

[sleepingfish]