Is it possible to hilight a certain button when re-entering a menu

Question

I currenty have two menus set up. The Main Menu consists of 5 buttons: "Play", "Chapters", "Slide Show", "Previews", "Contact".
When I select "Chapters" I jump to the Chapters menu, but "Chapter 2" is highlighted?
Is there a way to 'save' the highlighted button of the Main Menu and then 'restore' it when returning to that menu?

Answer 1

It sounds to me as if 'Chapter 2' was the first button you created - this normally becomes the default button for a menu. If you look in the property inspector for the menu you will see an option to set the default button - set it to what you want highlighted when the menu plays.
If you use a particular button on a menu to get back to the previous menu it can be set to go to a particular button. If you point the 'back to main' button on your Chapters menu to go to the button that takes the viewer to the chapters menu in the first place, this is almost certainly going to have been the last button they were on when they left the main menu to go to the chapters.
sounds a bit confusing, but in essence, on your main menu there is only one button that takes the viewer to the chapters. If you are in the chapters and have a button to return to the main menu, and want to go to the last button highlighted, then it will almost certainly have been only one button.
Now, if you are thinking that you want to return to a particular button on a menu after playing a clip then you will need to script this. Fortunately, it is very easy.
There are two ways to get to the menu when a clip plays - from the end jump and from a menu call on the remote control handset. If you only ever want to get back to one menu and a button then the script is this:
mov GPRM0, SPRM8
div GPRM0, 1024
Jump Menu [GPRM0]
The first two lines get the button highlight number and reduce it to an integer that relates to the button number in a menu. The third line takes you back to the menu and has a GPRM based button jump - you'll land on the button whose value is in GPRM0.
If you have two or more menus accessing the same track, and you need to get back to the right menu and button then you need to do a bit more jiggery pokery. First off, you need to write some scripts to identify the menu you are on. You can do this in two ways, but I recommend only using the following:
Create a script and set it as the start up item for your disc. In the script write the following:
mov GPRM1, 1
Jump menu1
This should point to your main menu (I've called it menu 1, but it must have the same name as in your project).
Now create a new script and write in that one:
mov GPRM1, 2
Jump Menu2
Whatever button on your main menu points to your menu 2 you now point to this second script instead. For every button on any menu that goes to another menu, point it to a script which sets the value in GPRM1 appropriately. For example, if you have a button on menu3 which points to your main menu, point it to the first script instead.
Now you have 'identified' each menu, the end jump script and menu call (written out above) has to be slightly changed:
mov GPRM0, SPRM8
div GPRM0, 1024
Jump Menu1 [GPRM0] If(GPRM1 = 1)
Jump Menu2 [GPRM0] If(GPRM1 = 2)
Jump Menu3 [GPRM0] If(GPRM1 = 3)
and so on. The jump lines are saying "Jump to the menu (and the button last highlighted) IF you were last on that menu.
So... it all comes down to two things.
1) are you moving between menus (in which case you don't need to script it)
2) are you moving between menus and a track (in which case scripting is a way forward)
Lastly, if the thought of scripting fills your very being with dread (and there are those for which it does) then look into creating a story or two and pointing your different menus to different stories instead!
More than one way to skin a cat, as they say (personally, I've never tried...:-))