MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING COMPONENTS Use Manual page 539

radio
The item's
attribute in the radio group is set to
group object is set to refer to the selected menu item.
undefined and the parent of a hierarchical menu
is toggled.
When a Menu instance has focus either from clicking or tabbing, you can use the following keys
to control it:
Key
Down Arrow
Up Arrow
Right Arrow
Left Arrow
Enter
Note: If a menu is opened, you can press the Tab key to move out of the menu. You must either make
a selection or dismiss the menu by pressing Escape.
Using the Menu component (Flash Professional only)
You can use the Menu component to create a menu of selectable choices; this menu is like the File
or Edit menu of most software applications. You can also use the Menu component to create
context-sensitive menus that appear when a user clicks a hot spot or a presses a modifier key. Use
the Menu component with the MenuBar component to create a horizontal menu bar with menus
that extend under each menu bar item.
Like standard desktop menus, the Menu component supports menu items whose functions fall
into the following general categories:
Command activators
Submenu anchors
Radio buttons
Check box items
Separators These items provide a simple horizontal line that divides the items in a menu into
different visual groups.
attribute is set to
selected
false
Description
Moves the selection down and up the rows of the menu. The selection cycles at
the top or bottom row.
Opens a submenu, or moves selection to the next menu in a menu bar (if a menu
bar exists).
Closes a submenu and returns focus to the parent menu (if a parent menu exists),
or moves selection to the previous menu in a menu bar (if the menu bar exists).
Opens a submenu. If a submenu does not exist, this key has the same effect as
clicking and releasing on a row.
These items trigger events; you write code to handle those events.
These items are anchors that open submenus.
These items operate in groups; you can select only one item at a time.
These items represent a Boolean (
, and the previously selected item's
true
. The property of the corresponding radio
selection
The visibility of the hierarchical menu
or
true false
Menu component (Flash Professional only)
selected
) value.
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