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Modern Tui TuiSpinner
Paul Squires edited this page Oct 19, 2026
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Draws a busy indicator that moves on one step each time you call Advance.
type TuiSpinner extends TuiWidget
as int32 frame
as TuiStringArray frames
as TuiStyle st
end typeA busy indicator. It does NOT animate itself -- call Advance on a tick, which keeps the module free of any timer of its own.
#import "std/tui"
using tui
dim as TuiSpinner s
TuiSpinnerDefaultFrames( s.frames )
print s.frames.Count( ) > 0 '' -1 (true)
print s.frame '' 0
s.Advance( )
print s.frame '' 1
'' in an app: Update returns TuiTick( 100 ), and the tick calls Advance| TuiBlock | TuiBlock.AddTitle | TuiBorderGlyphs | TuiTitleOf | TuiList | TuiRow |
| TuiBlock.Inner | TuiBorderSet | TuiTitle | TuiParagraph | TuiListState | TuiTable |
Library: Terminal TUI Library
Category: Terminal TUI Library
Documented under: Core Widgets
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