Vertical Menu & Submenu

Does anyone know how to create (or if there is a widget out there in the market somewhere) a vertical menu that can contain submenu items that expand and push down (like an accordion), but that will stay fully open (expanded) once a submenu item is selected (thus allowing selection of another submenu item without having to return to the parent menu item. My specific objective is to have a vertical with "Home", "Galleries", "About", etc. with individual galleries in the expandable (on click and/or rollover) area below Galleries, but that remain open once a specific gallery is selected. I've worked various tries, and the only way I can come close is to have state buttons inside the drop-down below an accordion menu item, but that won't stay open when any of the buttons are selected.
The only examples I can find are copyrighted by others, so I am hesitant to reference/show them here as examples. Any help would be appreciated.

You can checkout these links :
https://creative.adobe.com/addons/products/2111#.VHwFD8lsiks
https://creative.adobe.com/addons/products/4061#.VHwFGclsiks
http://muse.adobe.com/widget/vertical-almosnino01
http://creativedroplets.com/adobe-muse-tips-sliding-menu/
Thanks,
Sanjit

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