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Interactive Menus
Interactive Menus are DVD-style menus that users can navigate with interactive events. By linking separate media to
items in the Interactive Menu, you can allow users to interactively transition to a new state of their choice. Because they
can serve as a bridge to many items and outline everything available to the user, Interactive Menus make great Home
Screens.
To create an Interactive Menu, add a Video or Images zone to your presentation. Set the zone to Interactive and drag the
Interactive Menu icon from the Other tab to the playlist area. The Add Interactive Menu window is divided into two tabs,
General and Menu Items.
General: In this tab, you will select an image for your Interactive Menu and define how a user navigates it.
• State name: Create a unique name for your Interactive Menu.
• Background Image: Click Browse to select an image you want to act as your menu display.
Important: The background image is not simply a background for the actual menu items. It must contain all images and
text you want displayed in the menu.
• Set as initial state: Check this checkbox to set the Interactive Menu as the Home Screen.
The Navigation section is where you define how a user navigates across the menu. Click the dropdown menu for each
option (Up, Down, Left, Right, Enter, Back, Next clip, Previous clip) and select the type of event you want to utilize (GPIO
Event, Serial input, etc.). A second dropdown menu or text field will appear. Specify the button or input you want to
correspond to the action.
Let’s say you want to define how to move Up in the menu, and you want to use a keyboard event. In the dropdown list
across Up, select Keyboard Input. A text field will appear below where you can specify a button. Type “U” here. Now,
when a user presses “U” on a keyboard, the cursor will move up along the menu items. You don’t need to define every
possible action. You can simply leave the dropdown list on the default None. However, to create a more intuitive
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