cli-menu

Simple C# cli menu. Includes a table class for displaying data in a table format.

Installation

Use the package manager nuget to install cli-menu.

dotnet add package cli-menu

Usage

Basic Usage

using cli_menu;

// Create a new menu
Menu menu = new Menu("Main Menu");

// Add a menu option
menu.AddOption("Option 1", () => Console.WriteLine("Option 1 selected"));

// Display the menu
menu.Start();

Adding multiple options

// Add multiple options
menu.AddOptions(
    new Option("Option 1", () => Console.WriteLine("Option 1 was selected!")),
    new Option("Option 2", () => Console.WriteLine("Option 2 was selected!")),
    new Option("Option 3", () => Console.WriteLine("Option 3 was selected!"))
);

Add an option that will change if you change the value of a variable

// Create a variable
string option1 = "Option 1";

// Add a menu option
menu.AddOption(() => option1, () => {
    Console.WriteLine("Option 1 selected");
    option1 = "Option 1 selected";
});

Add a header

// Add a header
menu.Header = () => $"Current time is {DateTime.Now}";

The ConsoleTable class

Basic Usage

using cli_menu;

// Create a new table
ConsoleTable table = new ConsoleTable();

// Add columns
table.AddColumn("Column 1");

// Add rows
table.Append("Row 1");
table.Append("Row 2");

// Display the table
table.Display();

Adding multiple columns

// Add multiple columns
table.AddColumns("Column 1", "Column 2", "Column 3");

Adding multiple items to a row

// Add multiple items to a row
table.AddRow("Item 1", "Item 1", "Item 1");

Setting the table title

After creating the table

// Set the table title
table.Title = "Table Title";

When creating the table

// Set the table title
ConsoleTable table = new ConsoleTable("Table Title");

Localisation

Changing the language

// Change the language to French
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("fr-CA");

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT