Re: FLASH: navigation idea

[Matthew Buchanan]

> You need to make your rectangles into movie clips, and use the 'duplicate

> move clip' action. Put a button in each movie clip with an action to

> duplicate the clip on rollover to a level higher than the other two (you'll

> need to use a variable for the level and increase its value each time to

> guarantee that the new duplicate is always put on top).

> 

> Since you're not trying to let users drag the objects around, there's no

> need to remove the old clips (although keep in mind that if you're using

> alpha on the rectangles then the rectangles will get increasingly less

> transparent as the copies pile up -- so if you want to use transparency you

> WILL need to remove the old copies). If you're removing the old copies, keep

> in mind that you can't remove the originals so you'll just turn visibility

> off on the originals to hide them.


You could also "fake" the z-indexing by having three symbols which

represent your buttons at rest on one layer, and three movie clips

in a layer above which each contain an initial empty frame, followed

by an animation of a button coming forward. Add an empty button

on another layer for each button symbol, which turns off the button

symbol your mouse is over (by moving it to an empty frame), and

plays the animation on the higher level.


HTH,

Matt



Matthew Buchanan

mattwebmedia [dot] co [dot] nz

   649.377.7910



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