_activeItem
                                        - protected Node
                                    
                                    
                                            Node instance representing the menu's active descendent: 
the menuitem or menu label the user is currently interacting with.
                                        
                                    
                                        Default Value: null
                                    
        
                                    _activeMenu
                                        - protected Node
                                    
                                    
                                            Node instance representing the menu that is the parent of 
the menu's active descendent.
                                        
                                    
                                        Default Value: null
                                    
        
                                    _blockMouseEvent
                                        - protected Boolean
                                    
                                    
                                            Boolean indicating whether or not to handle the 
"mouseover" event.
                                        
                                    
                                        Default Value: false
                                    
        
                                    _currentMouseX
                                        - protected Number
                                    
                                    
                                            Number representing the current x coordinate of the mouse 
inside the menu.
                                        
                                    
                                        Default Value: 0
                                    
        
                                    _firstItem
                                        - protected Node
                                    
                                    
                                            Node instance representing the first item (menuitem or menu 
label) in the root menu of a menu.
                                        
                                    
                                        Default Value: null
                                    
        
                                    _movingToSubmenu
                                        - protected Boolean
                                    
                                    
                                            Boolean indicating if the mouse is moving from a menu 
label to its corresponding submenu.
                                        
                                    
                                        Default Value: false
                                    
        
                                    _rootMenu
                                        - protected Node
                                    
                                    
                                            Node instance representing the root menu in the menu.
                                        
                                    
                                        Default Value: null
                                    
        
                                    NodeMenuNav.SHIM_TEMPLATE
                                        - String
                                    
                                    
                                            String representing the HTML used to create the 
                                    <iframe> shim used to prevent 
<select> elements from poking through menus in IE 6.
                                        
                                        Default Value: "<iframe frameborder="0" tabindex="-1" 
class="yui-shim" title="Menu Stacking Shim" 
src="javascript:false;"></iframe>"
                                    
        
                                    NodeMenuNav.SHIM_TEMPLATE_TITLE
                                        - String
                                    
                                    
                                            String representing the value for the 
                                    title 
attribute for the shim used to prevent <select> elements 
from poking through menus in IE 6.
                                        
                                        Default Value: "Menu Stacking Shim"