Tutorial 4.C. - Hide the Chapters submenu
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Tutorial 4.C. - Hide the Chapters submenu

 
What you will learn in this section:

  • How to use the Hide submenu action
  • Copy and paste actions
In this tutorial we will use the Hide submenu Action to hide the Chapters submenu when the viewer presses the down arrow key on their remote control and return the navigation focus to the Main Menu.

  1. Expand the menu elements view for the button “Chapter 1″ found in the Chapters submenu > Chapters 1-5 set. You will see the five remote control events for this button.
  2. Click the Down Key to display the Action editor Window in the Control Panel.
  3. Right-click in the Action Editor Window to display the Actions list and select Menu Actions>Menu Actions>Hide Submenu Block.

The Hide Submenu Block has two parameters.

  1. Set the “Submenu Block Name” property to “Chapters Submenu” using the pulldown list. This tells DoStudio which submenu you want to hide.
  2. Set the Focus Button property to “MM Chapters” using the pulldown list. This sets the navigation highlight back to the MM Chapters button on the Main Menu.

You will want to add this action to the Down Key event for all ten buttons in the chapters submenu. You can add them manually to each button, but it is more efficient to copy and paste the action.

To copy and paste the Action:

  1. Right-click the Down Key event for the button “Chapter 1″ and select Copy from the context menu.
  2. Expand the menu elements view for the button “Chapter 2″ using the grey arrow to display the five remote control events for that button.
  3. Right-click on the Down Key event for the button “Chapter 2″ and select “Paste” from the context menu. You will see the Hide Submenu Block Action appear in the Action list for that button.

Repeat steps 7 & 8 for the rest of the buttons in the Chapters submenu.

Show me:

Quick compile and review your project using the softplayer.

You have now completed authoring the navigation for the Chapters submenu. Your viewer can show the Chapters submenu when they click the “Chapters” button on the Main Menu, they can navigate from the Chapter 1 button to the Chapter 10 button, and they can return to the Main Menu by pressing the down arrow key at any time.

The last step is to make the chapter buttons actually play chapters in your Main Video. We will do that in the next tutorial.