// constants
var initX       = 100; // x-coordinate of top left corner of dropdown menu 
var initY       = 125; // y-coordinate of top left corner of dropdown menu 
var backColor   = '#EADB86'; // the background color of dropdown menu, set empty '' for transparent
var borderColor = '#000000'; // the color of dropdown menu border
var borderSize  = '1'; // the width of dropdown menu border
var itemHeight  = 20;
var xOverlap    = 5;
var yOverlap    = 10;
//


menuContent     = new Array ();

//People
menuContent [0] = new Array (
-1, // the id of parent menu, -1 if this is a first level menu
-1, // the number of line in parent menu, -1 if this is a first level menu
100, // the width of current menu list 
135, // x coordinate (absolute) of left corner of this menu list, -1 if the coordinate is defined from parent x-coordinate
160, // y coordinate (absolute) of left corner of this menu list, -1 if the coordinate is defined from parent y-coordinate
1, // number of columns
0, // vertical = 0, horizontal = 1
new Array (
'Faculty', 'http://sunset.usc.edu/cse/pub/about/people.html',
'Research Associates', 'http://sunset.usc.edu/cse/pub/about/people.html',
'Research Assistants', 'http://sunset.usc.edu/cse/pub/about/people/researchAssist.html',
'Staff', 'http://sunset.usc.edu/cse/pub/about/people/staff.html',
'Alumni', 'http://sunset.usc.edu/cse/pub/about/people/alumni.html'
));

//Technical Report System
menuContent [1] = new Array (
-1, // the id of parent menu, -1 if this is a first level menu
-1, // the number of line in parent menu, -1 if this is a first level menu
150, // the width of current menu list 
135, // x coordinate (absolute) of left corner of this menu list, -1 if the coordinate is defined from parent x-coordinate
250, // y coordinate (absolute) of left corner of this menu list, -1 if the coordinate is defined from parent y-coordinate (235 previous)
1, // number of columns
0, // vertical = 0, horizontal = 1
new Array (
'Technical Report System', 'http://sunset.usc.edu/cse/pub/publication/techReport.html'
));

//Projects
menuContent [2] = new Array (
-1, // the id of parent menu, -1 if this is a first level menu
-1, // the number of line in parent menu, -1 if this is a first level menu
100, // the width of current menu list 
135, // x coordinate (absolute) of left corner of this menu list, -1 if the coordinate is defined from parent x-coordinate
280, // y coordinate (absolute) of left corner of this menu list, -1 if the coordinate is defined from parent y-coordinate (260 previous)
1, // number of columns
0, // vertical = 0, horizontal = 1
new Array (
'Alphabetical Projects List', 'http://sunset.usc.edu/cse/pub/research/projects.html',
'COCOMO Suite', 'http://sunset.usc.edu/research/cocomosuite/suite_main.html',
'HDCP', 'http://cse.usc.edu/hdcp/pages/home.htm',
'Software Architecture', 'http://sunset.usc.edu/%7Esoftarch/',
'Software Sizing', 'http://sunset.usc.edu/cse/pub/research/software_sizing/index.html'
));