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Reset Current Active Menu Block
The Reset Current Active Menu Block action returns the active menu block designation to the default active
menu block as defined in your Menu Elements tree. The menu block at the top of the menu tree is the
default active menu block.
Do not use this action with the Show Menu Block action.
Show Menu Block
The Show Menu Block action causes a menu block to appear on screen. If you have added animation
actions to the On Show event for the menu block, the animation will occur when the Show Menu Block
action is executed.
Property Description
Menu Block Name Choose the menu block to show.
Set Name Choose the visible set.
Selected Button Choose which button will have focus.
You will notice that the combo box for the Selected Button includes all of the buttons in your project,
rather than just the button contained in the set you have selected. This is because there are instances when
you may wish to display a submenu block but keep button focus – and therefore navigation control – on
another menu block entirely.
A practical example illustrates this feature. Imagine you design a menu for your project's chapters and you
want to create a thumbnail image that appear in a different part of the screen that corresponds to each
chapter in the chapter menu. You can create an additional menu for the thumbnail images, and use the
Show Menu Block action to change the visibility of the sets in that submenu every time a new chapter is
highlighted. In this case, you would never want to actually navigate to the additional menu; you are only
using it to display images and you want your navigation, and therefore your button focus, to remain on
your chapter submenu.
Do not use this action with the Hide Menu Block action.
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