/* --- LeftNavDropDown --- 
Built to accomodate left nav links.
Built 01/23/03 by Michele Jaslow for Simon and Schuster, inc.
Change History -
*/

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

	// item sizes for different levels of menu
	MENU_POS['height']     = [33, 20];
	MENU_POS['width']      = [129, 129];

	// 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']  = [1, 30];
	MENU_POS['block_left'] = [97, 0];

	// offsets between items of the same level
	MENU_POS['top']        = [0, 20];
	MENU_POS['left']       = [129, 0];

	// time in milliseconds before menu is hidden after cursor has gone out
	// of any items
	MENU_POS['hide_delay'] = [180, 180];

/* --- 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'] = [
		'background', ['#ff0000', '#ff0000'],
		'color', ['#ffffff', '#ffffff'],
	];

	// state when item has mouse over it
	MENU_STYLES['onmouseover'] = [
		'background', ['#ff0000', '#FFFF00'],
		'color', ['#ffffff', '#ffffff'],
	];

	// state when mouse button has been pressed on the item
	MENU_STYLES['onmousedown'] = [
		'background', ['#ffff00', '#ffff00'],
		'color', ['#ffff00', '#ffff00'],
	];