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Modern Tui TuiMenuBar
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Draws a one-row menu bar whose menus drop down with Enter.
type TuiMenuBar extends TuiWidget
as TuiMenuArray menus
as int32 highlight
as TuiStyle normal, activeStyle, listStyle, highlightStyle
end typeA one-row menu bar with drop-downs. Left and right move between menus, Enter opens, Esc closes.
#import "std/numeric"
#import "std/tui"
using tui, numeric
dim as TuiMenuBar bar
dim as TuiMenu file_, help_
file_.label = "File" : file_.items.Push( "Quit" )
help_.label = "Help" : help_.items.Push( "About" )
bar.menus.Push( file_ )
bar.menus.Push( help_ )
bar.SetFocused( TRUE )
print bar.IsOpen( ) '' false
dim as TuiEvent e
e.kind = TUIEVENT_KEY : e.key.code = TUIKEY_ENTER
bar.HandleEvent( e )
print bar.IsOpen( ) '' true| TuiPopup | TuiMessageBox.Cancelled | TuiStatusItem | TuiStatusBar.Add |
| TuiMessageBox | TuiMenu | TuiStatusItemOf | TuiTreeNode |
| TuiMessageBox.Accepted | TuiMenuBar.IsOpen | TuiStatusBar | TuiTreeState |
Library: Terminal TUI Library
Category: Terminal TUI Library
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