/* --- geometry and timing of the menu --- 
*/
var MENU_POS = new Array();

	
// item sizes for different levels of menu
	
MENU_POS['height']     = [25, 25];
	
MENU_POS['width']      = [100, 100];

	
// menu block offset from the origin:
	
//  for root level origin is upper left corner of the page
	
//  for other levels origin is upper left corner of parent item
	
MENU_POS['block_top']  = [200, 200];
	
MENU_POS['block_left'] = [12, 12];

	
// offsets between items of the same level
	
MENU_POS['top']        = [25,25];
	
MENU_POS['left']       = [0, 0];

	
// time in milliseconds before menu is hidden after cursor has gone out
	
// of any items
	
MENU_POS['hide_delay'] = [200, 200];


/* --- dynamic menu styles
 ---
note: you can add as many style properties as you wish but be not all browsers
are able to render them correctly. The only relatively safe properties are
'color' and 'background'.
*/

var 
MENU_STYLES = new Array();

	
// default item state when it is visible but doesn't have mouse over
	MENU_STYLES['onmouseout'] = [
		'color', ['#003366', '#003366'],
		'background', ['#9999ff', '#9999ff'],
	];

	
// state when item has mouse over it
	
MENU_STYLES['onmouseover'] = [
		'color', ['#003366', '#003366'],
		'background', ['#ccccff', '#ccccff'],
	];

	
// state when mouse button has been pressed on the item
	
MENU_STYLES['onmousedown'] = [
		'color', ['#003366',' #003366'],
		'background', ['#ccccff', '#ccccff'],
	];