/* --- geometry and timing of the menu --- */
var MENU_POS_RTS = new Array();

	// item sizes for different levels of menu
	MENU_POS_RTS['height']     = [25, 25];
	MENU_POS_RTS['width']      = [110, 180];

	// 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_RTS['block_top']  = [290, 25];
	MENU_POS_RTS['block_left'] = [14, 0];

	// offsets between items of the same level
	MENU_POS_RTS['top']        = [0, 25];
	MENU_POS_RTS['left']       = [100, 0];

	// time in milliseconds before menu is hidden after cursor has gone out
	// of any items
	MENU_POS_RTS['hide_delay'] = [200, 200];

/* --- 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_RTS = new Array();

	// default item state when it is visible but doesn't have mouse over
	MENU_STYLES_RTS['onmouseout'] = [
		'color', ['#663366', '#663366'],
		'background', ['#FFCC99', '#FFCC99'],
	];

	// state when item has mouse over it
	MENU_STYLES_RTS['onmouseover'] = [
		'color', ['#ffffff', '#ffffff'],
		'background', ['#CC9999', '#CC9999'],
	];

	// state when mouse button has been pressed on the item
	MENU_STYLES_RTS['onmousedown'] = [
		'color', ['#663366', '#663366'],
		'background', ['#CC9999', '#CC9999'],
	];