The FoldSlipMenu is a two level menu applet which uses a slide animation feature when opening or closing the menu items. The wide range of color settings allow this applet to have a very distinctive appearance.
General Here you can set the height, width and name of the applet. Color Configure the color settings for the menu. Item text color Set the color for the subitems in the menu. Background color Set the background color of the applet. Item text highlight color Set the color for the highlighting of subitems when the mouse is positioned over the subitem. Item background color Set the background color of the subitems in the menu. Item border color Set the color of the border of the subitems in the menu. Menu panel color Set the color for the background of the mainitems. Menu panel border color Set the color of the border of the mainitems. Panel text color Set the color of the mainitems text. Font Here you can configure the size of the font for the main and sub items, and the type of font for the menu. Items Here you can create the items within your menu. Click AddSibl. button to create a menu item at the same level as the currently selected item. Click AddChild button to create a menu item below the currently selected item. Each item must contain some text for the menu item heading, and a fully qualified URL (ie http://www.url.com). Each menu item can only extend two levels. To delete an item, select it, then click the Del button. Alpha value The Alpha value for item highlighting is the percentage of highlight color used for highlighting a subitem when the mouse moves it. (0% - 100%). Other settings There are other settings that are discussed on the following topics from the Advanced Effect Maker documentation: The Flash Applet Size Parameters Working With Text Fields Working with fonts Working With File Fields And File Lists Working With Time Delays and Pauses Working With Color Buttons Working with Check Boxes Compression Ratios for images Combining Flash applet effects
Version history
1.3 : Max menu items now increased to 20,
ActionScript loadMovie() compatibility added.
1.2 : Added timing options to the menu so that the folding and unfolding speed can be set.
1.1 : Fixed a bug which appeared when the menu was set to high in size. The background became insufficient.
Nick Bell
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