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

	// item sizes for different levels of menu
	MENU_POS['height']     = ['100%', '100%'];
	MENU_POS['width']      = [95, 75];

	// 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']  = [160, 0];
	MENU_POS['block_left'] = [5, 95];

	// offsets between items of the same level
	MENU_POS['top']        = [15,15];
	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', ['#FFFFFF', '#FFFFFF'],
		'background', ['#617A9C', '#2D3C55'],
	];

	// state when item has mouse over it
	MENU_STYLES['onmouseover'] = [
		'color', ['#FFFFFF', '#000000'],
		'background', ['#2D3C55', '#cccccc'],
	];

	// state when mouse button has been pressed on the item
	MENU_STYLES['onmousedown'] = [
		'color', ['#000000', '#000000'],
		'background', ['#cccccc', '#cccccc'],
	];