Indesign roll-down menu

Hi everyone,
I am trying to create a roll-down menu but it seems not to work. I have been watching a few tutorials, but whenever I export the interactive pdf the animation won't ever show. Is there a way to create roll-down menus in indesign? Can anyone help me with this?
Thank you in advance!!

Nope, not possible to export to PDF from InDesign.

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/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
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// SpryMenuBar.js - version 0.12 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1
// Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated.
// All rights reserved.
// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
//   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
//     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
//   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
//     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
//     and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
//   * Neither the name of Adobe Systems Incorporated nor the names of its
//     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
//     software without specific prior written permission.
// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
// AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
// IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
// ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
// LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
// CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
// SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
// INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
// CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
// ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
// POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_UP = 38;
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        this.clearMenus(this.currMenu);
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                menu.style.top = menu.parentNode.offsetTop + 'px';
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                    tmp = tmp.parentNode;
                }catch(err){break;}
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        var link = item.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
        this.removeClassName(link, this.hoverClass);
        this.removeClassName(link, this.subHoverClass);
        item = item.parentNode;
    this.lastOpen = false;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.keyDown = function (e)
    if (!this.hasFocus)
        return;
    if (!this.lastOpen)
        this.hasFocus = false;
        return;
    var e = e|| event;
    var listitem = this.lastOpen.parentNode;
    var link = this.lastOpen;
    var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
    var hasSubMenu = (menu) ? true : false;
    var opts = [listitem, menu, null, this.getSibling(listitem, 'previousSibling'), this.getSibling(listitem, 'nextSibling')];
    if (!opts[3])
        opts[2] = (listitem.parentNode.parentNode.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'li')?listitem.parentNode.parentNode:null;
    var found = 0;
    switch (e.keyCode){
        case this.upKeyCode:
            found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'y', 1);
            break;
        case this.downKeyCode:
            found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'y', -1);
            break;
        case this.leftKeyCode:
            found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'x', 1);
            break;
        case this.rightKeyCode:
            found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'x', -1);
            break;
        case this.escKeyCode:
        case 9:
            this.clearSelection();
            this.hasFocus = false;
        default: return;
    switch (found)
        case 0: return;
        case 1:
            //subopts
            this.mouseOver(listitem, e);
            break;
        case 2:
            //parent
            this.mouseOut(opts[2], e);
            break;
        case 3:
        case 4:
            // left - right
            this.removeClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
            break;
    var link = opts[found].getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    if (opts[found].nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'ul')
        opts[found] = opts[found].getElementsByTagName('li')[0];
    this.addClassName(link, opts[found].getElementsByTagName('ul').length > 0 ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
    this.lastOpen = link;
    opts[found].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].focus();
        //stop further event handling by the browser
    return Spry.Widget.MenuBar.stopPropagation(e);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.mouseOver = function (listitem, e)
    var link = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
    var hasSubMenu = (menu) ? true : false;
    if (this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
        this.clearSelection(listitem);
    if(this.bubbledTextEvent())
        // ignore bubbled text events
        return;
    if (listitem.closetime)
        clearTimeout(listitem.closetime);
    if(this.currMenu == listitem)
        this.currMenu = null;
    // move the focus too
    if (this.hasFocus)
        link.focus();
    // show menu highlighting
    this.addClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
    this.lastOpen = link;
    if(menu && !this.hasClassName(menu, this.subHoverClass))
        var self = this;
        listitem.opentime = window.setTimeout(function(){self.showSubmenu(menu);}, this.showDelay);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.mouseOut = function (listitem, e)
    var link = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
    var hasSubMenu = (menu) ? true : false;
    if(this.bubbledTextEvent())
        // ignore bubbled text events
        return;
    var related = (typeof e.relatedTarget != 'undefined' ? e.relatedTarget : e.toElement);
    if(!listitem.contains(related))
        if (listitem.opentime)
            clearTimeout(listitem.opentime);
        this.currMenu = listitem;
        // remove menu highlighting
        this.removeClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
        if(menu)
            var self = this;
            listitem.closetime = window.setTimeout(function(){self.hideSubmenu(menu);}, this.hideDelay);
        if (this.hasFocus)
            link.blur();
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.getSibling = function(element, sibling)
    var child = element[sibling];
    while (child && child.nodeName.toLowerCase() !='li')
        child = child[sibling];
    return child;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.getElementForKey = function(els, prop, dir)
    var found = 0;
    var rect = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getPosition;
    var ref = rect(els[found]);
    var hideSubmenu = false;
    //make the subelement visible to compute the position
    if (els[1] && !this.hasClassName(els[1], this.MenuBarSubmenuVisible))
        els[1].style.visibility = 'hidden';
        this.showSubmenu(els[1]);
        hideSubmenu = true;
    var isVert = this.hasClassName(this.element, this.verticalClass);
    var hasParent = els[0].parentNode.parentNode.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'li' ? true : false;
    for (var i = 1; i < els.length; i++){
        //when navigating on the y axis in vertical menus, ignore children and parents
        if(prop=='y' && isVert && (i==1 || i==2))
            continue;
        //when navigationg on the x axis in the FIRST LEVEL of horizontal menus, ignore children and parents
        if(prop=='x' && !isVert && !hasParent && (i==1 || i==2))
            continue;
        if (els[i])
            var tmp = rect(els[i]);
            if ( (dir * tmp[prop]) < (dir * ref[prop]))
                ref = tmp;
                found = i;
    // hide back the submenu
    if (els[1] && hideSubmenu){
        this.hideSubmenu(els[1]);
        els[1].style.visibility = '';
    return found;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.camelize = function(str)
    if (str.indexOf('-') == -1){
        return str;
    var oStringList = str.split('-');
    var isFirstEntry = true;
    var camelizedString = '';
    for(var i=0; i < oStringList.length; i++)
        if(oStringList[i].length>0)
            if(isFirstEntry)
                camelizedString = oStringList[i];
                isFirstEntry = false;
            else
                var s = oStringList[i];
                camelizedString += s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
    return camelizedString;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp = function(element, prop)
    var value;
    try
        if (element.style)
            value = element.style[Spry.Widget.MenuBar.camelize(prop)];
        if (!value)
            if (document.defaultView && document.defaultView.getComputedStyle)
                var css = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(element, null);
                value = css ? css.getPropertyValue(prop) : null;
            else if (element.currentStyle)
                    value = element.currentStyle[Spry.Widget.MenuBar.camelize(prop)];
    catch (e) {}
    return value == 'auto' ? null : value;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getIntProp = function(element, prop)
    var a = parseInt(Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp(element, prop),10);
    if (isNaN(a))
        return 0;
    return a;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getPosition = function(el, doc)
    doc = doc || document;
    if (typeof(el) == 'string') {
        el = doc.getElementById(el);
    if (!el) {
        return false;
    if (el.parentNode === null || Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp(el, 'display') == 'none') {
        //element must be visible to have a box
        return false;
    var ret = {x:0, y:0};
    var parent = null;
    var box;
    if (el.getBoundingClientRect) { // IE
        box = el.getBoundingClientRect();
        var scrollTop = doc.documentElement.scrollTop || doc.body.scrollTop;
        var scrollLeft = doc.documentElement.scrollLeft || doc.body.scrollLeft;
        ret.x = box.left + scrollLeft;
        ret.y = box.top + scrollTop;
    } else if (doc.getBoxObjectFor) { // gecko
        box = doc.getBoxObjectFor(el);
        ret.x = box.x;
        ret.y = box.y;
    } else { // safari/opera
        ret.x = el.offsetLeft;
        ret.y = el.offsetTop;
        parent = el.offsetParent;
        if (parent != el) {
            while (parent) {
                ret.x += parent.offsetLeft;
                ret.y += parent.offsetTop;
                parent = parent.offsetParent;
        // opera & (safari absolute) incorrectly account for body offsetTop
        if (Spry.is.opera || Spry.is.safari && Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp(el, 'position') == 'absolute')
            ret.y -= doc.body.offsetTop;
    if (el.parentNode)
            parent = el.parentNode;
    else
        parent = null;
    if (parent.nodeName){
        var cas = parent.nodeName.toUpperCase();
        while (parent && cas != 'BODY' && cas != 'HTML') {
            cas = parent.nodeName.toUpperCase();
            ret.x -= parent.scrollLeft;
            ret.y -= parent.scrollTop;
            if (parent.parentNode)
                parent = parent.parentNode;
            else
                parent = null;
    return ret;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.stopPropagation = function(ev)
    if (ev.stopPropagation)
        ev.stopPropagation();
    else
        ev.cancelBubble = true;
    if (ev.preventDefault)
        ev.preventDefault();
    else
        ev.returnValue = false;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.setOptions = function(obj, optionsObj, ignoreUndefinedProps)
    if (!optionsObj)
        return;
    for (var optionName in optionsObj)
        if (ignoreUndefinedProps && optionsObj[optionName] == undefined)
            continue;
        obj[optionName] = optionsObj[optionName];
And last, here is the HTML code that has also not been modified in any way:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script src="../BXC Main Navigation Spry Drop Menu/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="../BXC Main Navigation Spry Drop Menu/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal4.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Buy</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Shop from Private Owner</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Shop Direct from Stores</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Buying</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Bid</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Shop from Auction</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Bidding</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Trade</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Shop for Trades</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Trading</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">List Items</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">List Items in Auction</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">List Items for Sale</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">List Items for Trade</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Listing Items</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Intro</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Flash Site &amp; Intro</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">About Us</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">My Xchange</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Activity</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Account</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Mail</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Contact Us</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Help</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Main Help</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Site Map</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</body>
</html>
Thanks in advance for any of your help.
Jose H.

Hello Nancy,
I was troubleshooting For the next 8 hours after my post here and eventually I got it right, I uploaded the files to the test server and at the time did not have the chance to post the solution here. This is why, as you saw, it is working correctly now. Both the CSS and HTML files needed modifications. While working on the code I had to run IE8, Chrome and Firefox simultaneously and refresh all three after every change in the code because what would fix the problem in one would cause a problem for the other.
In addition to the problems listed in my original post, there were also other graphical issues in IE8, such as; the main menu buttons without sub-menus would only display at half their size vertically. The border around the buttons would not display despite that the background images were rendered in Photoshop as flattened JPEGs with boarders as part of the background image. Being so, I removed all borders from the CSS script.
By the way.. the IE8 security measure did pop up while working from the server.
Anyhow for those of you who are experiencing similar problems you can take a look at the working code bellow and compare it to the initial code. I've included detail comments on every line I have changed, modified or added.
Good luck.. as I know it can become a complicated task when creating custom Spry menus.
<b>Here is the finished CSS script</b>
<code>@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
    margin: 10;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    /* font size for top menu*/
    font-size: 80%;
    cursor: default;
    width: auto;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: center;
    /*whole menu moves*/
    margin-left: 100px;
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
ul.MenuBarActive
    z-index: 1000;
/* My Note --Top buttons' background, height and font size adjust-- */
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
    /* My note --I added the height and background-image as Main-Buttons.jpg-- */
    height: 55px;
    background-image: url(../Main-Buttons.jpg);
    margin: -2;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: center;
    /*text-align: left;*/
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 99px;
    float: left;
/* My note --Submenu font size adjust-- */
/* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 87%;
    z-index: 1020;
    cursor: default;
    width: 160px;
    position: absolute;
    left: -1000em;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    /* My note --this margin alligns the drop buttons up and down-- */
    margin-top: 0px;
    height: 25px;
    left: auto;
/* My note --drop menu size adjustments-- */
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    height: 25px;
    width: 162px;
    /* New addition */
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
    position:absolute;
    margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
    top: 0;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    /*border: 1px solid #CCC;*/
/* My note --Text Allignment global-- */
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
    /*My note -- took out borders & changed text color to #333(black)& added my own mouse not over image-- */
    /*border: 0px solid #333332;*/
    background-image: url(../Main-Buttons.jpg);
    /*height: 40px;*/
    text-align: center;
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
    text-decoration: none;
    /*My note --Text Color-- */
    color: #333;        /*background-color: was #CCC;*/
    letter-spacing: -0.00px;
    margin-left: 1px;
    margin-right: 0px;
    /*alligns text up or down globally*/
    margin-top: 1px;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
    /* My note --took out all backgound & text color for mouse over-- */
    /*background-color: #33C;
    color: #FFF;*/
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    /*My note -- took out background & text & added my own mouse over image-- */
    background-image: url(../Main-Buttons-mouse-over.jpg);
    /*background-color: #33C;
    color: #FFF;*/
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
    /* My note --!!!!!This height setting adjusts the main buttons' background height in IE8!!!!-- */
    height: 40px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* My note --mouse over-- */
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 1010;
    filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
        display: inline;
        f\loat: left;
        /* My note --The backgound color below was changed here to the same color #3e6487 as the darkest tone in the background image graphic to mimic the original image borders; dark blue, since IE8 for some reason would cut them out. This change allows this dark blue background to display around the main top buttons in IE8 giving the appearance of borders*/
        background: #3e6487;
</code>
<b>Here is the modified HTML script</b>
<code><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script src="/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal4.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Buy</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Shop from Private Owner</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Shop Direct from Stores</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Buying</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Bid</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Shop from Auction</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Bidding</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Trade</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Shop for Trades</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Trading</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">List Items</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">List Items in Auction</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">List Items for Sale</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">List Items for Trade</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Listing Items</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Intro</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Flash Site &amp; Intro</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">About Us</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">My Xchange</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Activity</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Account</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Mail</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>

<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Contact Us</a>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Help</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Main Help</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Site Map</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</body>
</html>
</code>
And Richard.. Thanks again for the time and your help, truly appreciated.
Jose H.

How to export drop down menu to DW??

Hi all,
I am have just created a drop down menu in Fireworks and
wanted to export it to my website to update the menu.
Now, I have saved the button files in my rootfolder. When I
go there from DW/ Insert Image objects/ rollover button (its a
rollover), I see the following files that I created from Fireworks:
registration-nor.gif
then I have a whole lot of
registration-over_f6.gif
(corresponding to the amount of frames I have in my roll over
button)
I also got
mm_css_menu.js
and
registration-over.htm
and
registration-over.css
Now, the above is a whole bunch of different files, and I
cant seem to figure out how to put them in the right place or
swhich file to choose for where, in order to get my drop down menu
to work>
Please help me, and tips would be highly appreciated!
Cheers!
Text
Text
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You really want help? Don't use these menus. They are pretty
poorly
implemented and will be a bear to maintain. There are much
better ways -
some free and some commercial:
Check the uberlink and MacFly tutorials at PVII
http://www.projectseven.com/)
and the Navbar tutorial/articles at Thierry's place
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/dropdown/)
Or this one (more recent article):
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/Pure_CSS_Dropdown_Menus.asp)
Or to get it done fast, go here -
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/navigation/auto_hide/index.htm
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> Hi all,
> I am have just created a drop down menu in Fireworks and
wanted to export
> it
> to my website to update the menu.
>
> Now, I have saved the button files in my rootfolder.
When I go there from
> DW/
> Insert Image objects/ rollover button (its a rollover),
I see the
> following
> files that I created from Fireworks:
>
> registration-nor.gif
> then I have a whole lot of
> registration-over_f6.gif
> (corresponding to the amount of frames I have in my roll
over button)
>
> I also got
> mm_css_menu.js
>
> and
> registration-over.htm
>
> and
> registration-over.css
>
> Now, the above is a whole bunch of different files, and
I cant seem to
> figure
> out how to put them in the right place or swhich file to
choose for where,
> in
> order to get my drop down menu to work>
>
> Please help me, and tips would be highly appreciated!
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
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Code placement for drop down menu within an animated button

I have a main menu comprised of 7 buttons; 6 of which are all
straight forward with an animation. (The animation is that when the
buttons are rolled over the button extends itself out to the right.
On the rollout the button returns to its original state.) The 6 all
function fine.
The 7th menu button is the same idea but with the edition of
a two button drop down menu that appears when the main button is
rolled over. The roll over part is fine. My problem is moving the
cursor off the main button to get to the sub-menu items without
having them disappear once the cursor if off the main 7th button.
Within the time line of the 7th button (all of the buttons
are movie clip buttons) I put an invisible button, removing the
sections over both the main button and the sub buttons. I have
tried the following:
(I should point out that the labels within the button for the
animation are an _up, _over and _out states...the buttons animate
out in the _over label and animate back to the original position in
the _out label,)
The code and where I have (unsuccessfully) tried placing it
are as follows:
1.) On the invisible button itself (within the main button):
on (rollOver) {
gotoAndPlay("_out");
2.) On the Actions layer (within the main button):
invisible_btn.onRollOver = function () {
gotoAndPlay("_out");
3.) On the Actions layer (on the main timeline...which is
where the code for the other 6 buttons is and running as should):
btnMusic_mc.invisible_btn.onRollOver = function () {
btnMusic_mc.gotoAndPlay("_out");
4.) Just a slight variation of #3 (still on the Actions layer
of the main timeline):
btnMusic_mc.invisible_btn.onRollOver = function () {
brnMusic_mc.invisible_btn.gotoAndPlay("_out");
The result for all four of these options has been the same.
In rolling over the main button (btnMusic_mc) it does animate out
as it should, exposing the two sub buttons. But moving the cursor
off the btnMusic_mc neither allows me to reach the sub buttons nor
does the btnMusic_mc animate back to its first position (as it
should). It just snaps back into that position.
Clearly I am missing something here. Any thoughts would be
appreciated.

Here is what it should read, and does on Safari:
Rates and Hours
FAQ - Yoga
FAQ - Reiki
FAQ - Massage
No, it shouldn't and it doesn't. It should look like :
Rates, Hours, Reservations
Rates and Hours
FAQ - Yoga
FAQ - Reiki
FAQ - Massage
FAQ and Reserve - Training
Here's the correct part :
<select>
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          <option value="http://yogareikimassage.com/MG/Rates.html*_top">Rates and Hours</option>
          <option value="http://yogareikimassage.com/MG/FAQ_-_Yoga.html*_top">FAQ and Reserve - Yoga</option>
          <option value="http://yogareikimassage.com/MG/FAQ_-_Reiki.html*_top">FAQ and Reserve - Reiki</option>
          <option value="http://yogareikimassage.com/MG/FAQ_-_Massage.html*_top">FAQ and Reserve - Massage</option>
          <option value="http://yogareikimassage.com/MG/FAQ_-_Personal_Training.html*_top">FAQ and Reserve - Training</option>
</select>
The <select> item was missing. And if you don't want the first line in the menu (Rates, Hours, Reservations) then don't enter it in the first place.
BTW, it's not a dropdown menu. It's a selection list in a form.

How Do You Build A DPS Drop Down Menu?

Hello,
I've been working with Adobe DPS for a year and a half now, and also use edge and muse for some of the HTML5 solutions - though both Edge and Muse are still very unstable for my liking within a Folio.
However, I would like to build a "Drop Down Menu" that will work within a Folio. I have tried Edge, but, because of the resolution issues with Edge, I always get the Type "Appearance" being too large. With Muse, it is too inconsistent and works sometimes and does not work sometimes. So, is this a technique I should abandon until Adobe comes up with an answer/solution for us?
Is there a better way? InDesign allows me to create amazing drop down menu's, but, iOS does not support SWF files.
I'm stuck with no answers, can you help?
Thank you
Lain

I don't know if that is the only way. Someone else here may have a different solution.
Have you looked at Dreamweaver? It is a pretty powerful tool and is WYSIWYG. You should be able to create the necessary html and css (maybe java scipt and jquery too) there and use that in your html overlay.

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Hello,
I only know very basic flash. Right now, I am attempting to revamp a website. The buttons that are currently being used are only gifs that are hyperlinked and there are almost 12 buttons... I think that this is a ridiculous amount of buttons to have. It looks very cluttered.
So, I figured I should make 6 buttons and just fit the rest of the buttons into subcategorized buttons. And the way to do this is to create flash buttons with drop down menus. To see what I mean, go to this link and look at their buttons:
http://ca.msn.com/
Their buttons drop down into menus with sub-categories. I want to do this.
So far, I have gone into flash, created buttons and made graphics for the "Up" "Over" "Down" and "Hit". I have also added the menu buttons and graphics for the "Over" of each drop-down button-menu.
I have even provided the action script to link each button to where I need it to go.
HOWEVER, here is where the problem is. When I roll the mouse over the button, and then move the mouse down to click on one of the buttons in the drop down menu, the menu disappears, OF COURSE, because the mouse goes off the hit. I can't make the hit bigger, because the menu shouldn't open unless it's on the main button. But without the hit being bigger, the menu will always disappear.
IN ADDITION, I've never used flash buttons on a website before. I'm just using HTML. How do I link the button to the page? Do I save the file as a .swf flash file? And link to 6 different files? Or do I save the buttons in a line, and just use one link?
I'm on a bit of a deadline so any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
-Michelle

While I can't help you with your deadline, I can offer a little bit of input. To take a Flash approach you should find a Flash drop down menu tutorial thru Google and follow thru that to gain an understanding of how to construct one. The problem you are having with the rollover stems from needing to extend the rollover such that each element of the dropdown also carries that rollover command. Each button needs to be assigned code to process interacting with it and linking to some other web page. The swf file that you publish would need to be sized for holding the buttons and then must be placed on the web page.
The example you pointed to uses a CSS drop down menu, which you will likely find easier to create and manage if you have no familiarity with how to make Flash work in a web site. I suggest going to the Dreamweaver forum and looking there for information about that approach.

InDesign cs4 Button Menu

I have a four page document that I have created multiple buttons for. I created remote rollovers and have to show/hide buttons often. My problems are as followed:
!. In the "Actions" drop down menu in the "Buttons" pallet, only three buttons from a list of about 40 are visible at a time. Is there any way to expand this view?
2. Every time I create a new button it is placed at the end of the list. If I create a new button for the first page it is placed at the end of the list not with the other buttons on the first page. Is there any way to manipulate this list to be more organized.
Thank You in advance.
Tom

I have never heard of fixes for the problems you're having with the Buttons feature. It has not been changed yet in the latest version of InDesign CS5.5. Sorry.

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Hi there again,
So now I'm attempting to create a horizontal drop down menu. It is meant to be a vertical tab that sticks out, expands to the right, then expands and drops down.
However, when I hover over the button (which is the blue box) and click it, Flash thinks I'm clicking the button on the bottom. The technique I used to do it must be the problem. I'm using a button inside a button. (In place of the "over" state of my buttons, I have inserted a movie clip of which in itself are layers). I've tried so many things to try to make it work to no avail.
There must be an easier way to accomplish what I am doing...but as I've said before, I'm noob and experimenting.
The link to the uploaded .swf file is below. It isn't the final file, but it is a small sample of what I am trying to accomplish with the navigation.
http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1354160938
Thanks!

When you roll over the purple rectangle, it expands to the right. You have to move the cursor to the right to get the rectangle to expand down, exposing the blue rectangle. The problem that you see when you roll over the blue rectangle is because the rollover on the blue rectangle causes a rollout on the object below and this causes the rectangle below to shrink up.
You can control this, but you'll need to use Actionscript to achieve the effect. Here's a link to one way: http://www.senocular.com/pub/kirupa/as3tips_p6.html.

Drop-down menu not working on palettes when on second screen.

Running OS X 10.10.2 on a Macbook Pro with a second screen. The applications are displayed on a large 24 inch monitor and palettes are on the built-in laptop screen. Often, but not always, the drop-down menu on the palettes will not work when on the built-in screen. If the palette is dragged to the larger monitor it works fine. Sometimes it works appropriately and there is no telling when it will work or not work. When you click on the drop-drown icon it highlights but no menu appears. The happens with CC 2014 Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop.

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