var mastertabvar = new Object();
mastertabvar.baseopacity = 100;
mastertabvar.browserdetect = "";

function showsubmenu(masterid, id) {
    if (typeof highlighting != "undefined")
        clearInterval(highlighting);
    submenuobject = document.getElementById(id);
    mastertabvar.browserdetect = submenuobject.filters ? "ie" : typeof submenuobject.style.MozOpacity == "string" ? "mozilla" : "";
    hidesubmenus(mastertabvar[masterid]);
    submenuobject.style.display = "block";
    instantset(mastertabvar.baseopacity);
    highlighting = setInterval("gradualfade(submenuobject)", 50);
}

function hidesubmenus(submenuarray) {
    for (var i = 0; i < submenuarray.length; i++) {
        document.getElementById(submenuarray[i]).style.display = "none";
    }
        
}

function instantset(degree) {
    if (mastertabvar.browserdetect == "mozilla")
        submenuobject.style.MozOpacity = degree / 100;
//    else if (mastertabvar.browserdetect == "ie")
//        submenuobject.filters.alpha.opacity = degree;
}


function gradualfade(cur2) {
    if (mastertabvar.browserdetect == "mozilla" && cur2.style.MozOpacity < 1)
        cur2.style.MozOpacity = Math.min(parseFloat(cur2.style.MozOpacity) + 0.1, 0.99);
//    else if (mastertabvar.browserdetect == "ie" && cur2.filters.alpha.opacity < 100)
//        cur2.filters.alpha.opacity += 10;
    else if (typeof highlighting != "undefined") //fading animation over
        clearInterval(highlighting);
}

function initalizetab(tabid) {
    mastertabvar[tabid] = new Array();
    var menuitems = document.getElementById(tabid).getElementsByTagName("li");
    for (var i = 0; i < menuitems.length; i++) {
        if (menuitems[i].getAttribute("rel")) {
            menuitems[i].setAttribute("rev", tabid);  //associate this submenu with main tab
            mastertabvar[tabid][mastertabvar[tabid].length] = menuitems[i].getAttribute("rel");  //store ids of submenus of tab menu
            if (menuitems[i].className == "selected")
                showsubmenu(tabid, menuitems[i].getAttribute("rel"));
            menuitems[i].getElementsByTagName("a")[0].onmouseover = function() {
                showsubmenu(this.parentNode.getAttribute("rev"), this.parentNode.getAttribute("rel"));
            };
        }
    }
}