This part of the “Animations” tab is divided in three sections: “Submenu Button Animation”, “Submenu Behavior” and “Submenu Animation”.
Submenu animation configuration
The “Submenu Button Animation” section can be configured using three options. From the “Effect & Duration” parameter you can choose an effect from the drop-down list in order to set-up how the effect will animate on rollover and also set the duration for this effect; the value you insert in the corresponding text field is expressed in frames (thirty frames are the equivalent of one second). The last parameter here, “Use reverse effect”, adds a reversed effect on rollout, if enabled.
From the “Submenu Behavior” section you can configure how the submenu will act; you can set-up the submenu to open on a click or on rollover and as well you can add a delay for opening or closing (expressed in frames – thirty frames equal a second).
The “Submenu Animation” section controls the effect and the effect duration for the submenu or for submenus with a higher level than 2. You can choose to use a reverse effect on rollout as well. The novelty present here is the “Fix text after alpha effect” option; when enabled, the text will become clearer after the running of an alpha-effect (for example, “Fade”).