Accordion Navigation System

Version 1.2 is now available, simply re-download the file! Version 1.1 has been replaced by 1.2.

Introduction

Easily create a vertical, lightweight, and customizable Accordion navigation system.

If you need additional functionality to this or any of my files, feel free to contact me.

Features:

• XML driven, easy to customize.
• Lightweight navigation: all elements drawn dynamically – size without font embedded is 17kb.
• Control menu colors, sub menu colors, roll over colors, and alphas.
• Control the menu and submenu width, height, corner rounding .
• Style text on both menu and submenu with font color, size, bolding.
• Set the color, size, alpha, and coordinates for the down arrow graphic.
• Embed fonts from your Flash Library through the XML file. (totally optional!)
• Add URLs OR load SWFs, JPGs, PNGs, and GIFs to any menu or submenu click event. (through the XML file!)
• A preloader is used when loading assets, such as a jpg. The preloader’s positions and colors are customizable.
• Unlimited menus and submenus.
• Associate icons from your Flash library on each item and sub-item.
• Only available on FlashDen!
• Actionscript 3, taking an OOP approach. Don’t know AS3 ? No worries, for the most part, the entire file is control through the XML file.
• Documentation included.

What’s new in 1.2

• Add icons from your Flash Library to menu and sub menu items.
• Add new attributes to control the X and Y positions of your icons on the menu and sub-menu items.

What’s new in 1.1

• Added an optional click state, refer to the docs and the XML file: Two new attributes were added to enable the click state and define the color of the click state.
• A few code optimizations were also made.

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