//Global Variables
var current_menu = "";


function menu_toggle(menu_obj, url){
	//alert(url);
 	//var button_obj = $(button_id);
	//alert(button_id.id);
	//var x_pos = findPosX(button_obj) - (menu_width - button_obj.offsetWidth);
	//var y_pos = findPosY(button_obj) + (button_obj.offsetHeight + 5);
	ajaxEngine.registerAjaxElement( menu_obj );
	ajaxEngine.registerRequest( 'select_events', url );
	
	
		
		menu_obj.innerHTML = "LOADING...";
		
		//menu_obj.style.top = y_pos + 'px';
		//menu_obj.style.left = x_pos + 'px';
		
		new Effect.Highlight(menu_obj);
		ajaxEngine.sendRequest( 'select_events' );
		menu_obj.style.display = "none";
		
		
	
		
	
}

//Library function to find the x,y coordinates of an element

function findPosX(obj)
{
	var curleft = 0;
	if (obj.offsetParent)
	{
		while (obj.offsetParent)
		{
			curleft += obj.offsetLeft
			obj = obj.offsetParent;
		}
	}
	else if (obj.x)
		curleft += obj.x;
	return curleft;
}

function findPosY(obj)
{
	var curtop = 0;
	if (obj.offsetParent)
	{
		while (obj.offsetParent)
		{
			curtop += obj.offsetTop
			obj = obj.offsetParent;
		}
	}
	else if (obj.y)
		curtop += obj.y;
	return curtop;
}