Creating multilevel BD menus in BD Fusion

[IanT]

Is it possible to create radio buttons that have four states using images to represent each state? If so, how do I set a button to be a radio button?

[LB]

In the properties there is a "Button Type".

[IanT]

I can't see this option in the properties for a Blu-ray Menu Button. Is this not an option for Blu-ray menu buttons?

[Francois]

There is no radio buttons as of today in BD Fusion.
But you can create them "by hand". I'll make an example for you and post it tomorow night.

[IanT]

Is there an alternative way to define navigation between Blu-ray menu buttons as linking the buttons via order number doesn't always work for the menu layouts?
For example, on my menu, pressing each direction should link to a different button (up, down, left, right). Linking to either of the two buttons that fall either side of the order number does cater for this.

Maybe you can add simple "On key pressed" events and give the focus to a specific menu button via the menu background object when the user press the direction keys? (I'm not a specialist of the Blu-ray menu buttons, so maybe there is an easier solution, Francois will answer when he's back)

Is there a simpler way to do this other than "on key pressed" events?

[IanT]

Are there any alternative ways to view the content in the 'event editor' as I currently have to 'mouse over' each button until I find the correct one from many buttons? Ideally I could do with the name of each object visible so I can see the object I need to work with at a glance.

[Yves]

There is no way to display permanently the name of the objects in the object bar of the event editor. Maybe you should customize the icons of the buttons? If you want to do that, unselect the Create Automatic Icons option in the preferences of the frame editor (Tools / Preferences) and then select a button, select the About tab in its properties and click the Edit button in the Icon line.

[IanT]

Is there a way to switch off subtitles as I can only see options for setting the subtitle stream within the Blu-ray control object?

[Francois]

Subtitles : I have looked in the documentation, and I could not find any specific method to do this. This is the reason why there is not actions in the BRControl object. I will have to ask to a technical person at Sonic.

Radio buttons: you have to program the button using an active object. I agree this would be a good addition to BDFusion.

Defining navigation between the buttons : if you are not satisfied with the default navigation, you should disable the automatic navigation in the properties of the BRMenuBackground object, and do it yourself by testing the keys and using the "Hilight specific buttons" action of the object.

[Francois]

IanT, I am considering adding radio buttons to the product for the next version. Please tell me exactly how you see this working. As you are talking of radio buttons with four states, and I do not really see how it would work. Radio buttons usually have two states, and you have a set of buttons where one is deactivated when you press another one.