Confucius say, "One man's SIMPLE! is another man's HUH?" What confused my tiny brain was that if a 1st tier menu item has a 2nd tier that flew out, all selections would be from that 2nd tier as in your advanced settings. Designing MMIs, operator interfaces or GUIs for all to equally understand is the goal but never quite reached.
Sorry to have you second guess your coding, and thanks for your help.