Flash Tutorials

The aim of the tutorial is to learn how to learn how to customise the context menu. This is the menu that is accessible by right clicking on a Windows PC or by Ctrl click on a Mac. This is a new feature available in Flash MX 2004.

Right click to make the web spin (only works if you have Flash Player 7 installed).

In the movie above the entire black section is one movie clip on the main stage. No matter where I right click on the Movie clip my context menu is visible.

The Symbol of webwasp.

The symbol above is a movie clip.

• In the background layer is a black rectangle, which makes the Movie Clip solid. This is important .
• The middle layer contains the word wasp.
• The top layer has a Tween of the word: web
• In frame 1 there is a: stop();

• The movie clip has been placed on the main stage.
• In the Property Inspector the movie clip has an Instance name: webwasp