/* --- geometry and timing of the menu --- */
var MENU_POS = new Array();
	// item sizes for different levels of menu
	MENU_POS['width'] = [110, 90, 110];
	MENU_POS['height'] = [22, 22, 22];
	// 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'] = [130, 0, 0];
	MENU_POS['block_left'] = [10, 110, 145];
	// offsets between items of the same level
	MENU_POS['top'] = [60, 21, 21];
	MENU_POS['left'] = [0, 0, 0];
	// time in milliseconds before menu is hidden after cursor has gone out
	// of any items
	MENU_POS['hide_delay'] = [300, 400, 300];

/* --- 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', ['#000000', '#000000', '#000000'],
		'background', ['', '', ''],
	];
	// state when item has mouse over it
	MENU_STYLES['onmouseover'] = [
//		'color', ['#000000', '#000000', '#000000'],
//		'background', ['#ffffff', '#ffffff', '#ffffff'],
	];
	MENU_STYLES['onmousedown'] = [
//		'color', ['#000000', '#000000', '#000000'],
		'background', ['#ffffff', '#ffffff', '#ffffff'],
	];