var timeout         = 100;
var closetimer		= 0;
var ddmenuitem      = 0;

// open none layer
function mopen(id)
{	
	// cancel close timer
	mcancelclosetime();

	// close old layer
	if(ddmenuitem) jQuery("#m1").fadeOut("slow");

//ddmenuitem.style.display = 'none';

	// get new layer and show it
	ddmenuitem = document.getElementById(id);
	//ddmenuitem.style.display = 'block';
	jQuery("#m1").fadeIn("slow");

}
// close showed layer
function mclose()
{
	if(ddmenuitem) jQuery("#m1").fadeOut("slow"); //ddmenuitem.style.display = 'none';
}

// go close timer
function mclosetime()
{
	closetimer = window.setTimeout(mclose, timeout);
}

// cancel close timer
function mcancelclosetime()
{
	if(closetimer)
	{
		window.clearTimeout(closetimer);
		closetimer = null;
	}
}

function MenuHighlight(element,menuoptions)
{
	if(element.style.background=='' || element.style.background=='transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%' || element.style.background=='none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%')
	{
	   	new Effect.Highlight(element, { startcolor: '#eec58a'}); 
   		element.style.background='none';
		//setTimeout("document.getElementById('"+element.Id +"').style.background='none'",1000);
	}
	else
	{
		element.style.background='none';
	}
}
// close layer when click-out
document.onclick = mclose; 
