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ActionScript 2.0 Components Language Reference > Menu component > Menu.show()

Menu.show()

Availability

Flash Player 6 (6.0.79.0).

Edition

Flash MX Professional 2004.

Usage

menuInstance.show(x, y)

Parameters

x The x coordinate.

y The y coordinate.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Method; opens a menu at a specific location. The menu is automatically resized so that all of its top-level items are visible, and the upper left corner is placed at the specified location in the coordinate system provided by the component's parent.

If the x and y parameters are omitted, the menu is shown at its previous location.

Example

The following example creates a menu from an XML menu object and calls the menu.show() method to display it.

You first drag a Menu component to the library; and then add the following code to Frame 1:

/**
 Requires:
  - Menu component in library
*/

import mx.controls.Menu;

var my_xml:XML = new XML();

// Create items for the menu.
var newItem_obj:Object = my_xml.addMenuItem({label:"New"});
my_xml.addMenuItem({label:"Open", instanceName:"miOpen"});
my_xml.addMenuItem({label:"Save", instanceName:"miSave"});
my_xml.addMenuItem({type:"separator"});
my_xml.addMenuItem({label:"Quit", instanceName:"miQuit"});

// Create and show the menu.
var my_menu:Menu = Menu.createMenu(myParent_mc, my_xml);
my_menu.show(100, 20);

See also

Menu.hide()

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