TxtPutizer is a lightweight, interactive textual UI library. It provides various menu options for different types and representations of user interactions, allowing the selection of options and capturing user input in a straightforward and convenient manner.

Features

The menus are controlled via:

• arrow keys - for navigation between presented options.
• spacebar - for selecting the option pointed by the cursor.
• enter - save current state and exit the menu.

Currently, TxtPutizer supports 3 types of menus:

• checkbox menu - Allows the user to select any number of options from a vertical list.

• radio menu - Allows the user to choose one option from a vertical list of options. Selecting an option deselects any previously selected option.

• prompt menu - A single-line prompt for selecting one option from a horizontal list, ideal for short questions such as yes/no.

*Note: More menu variations may be added in the future.

Any further requests, ideas, and conributions are very welcome.

Integration

TxtPutizer is designed with as easiest integration into any project as possible in mind. The entire library is contained within a single header file: TxtPutizer.hpp, requiring no modifications to your project settings.

Basic usage guide

First and foremost, inlcude the header file by placing it in a known location. Example:

#include "single_include\TxtPutizer\TxtPutizer.hpp"

Then, to present a menu to a terminal window -

1. Create a Menu object of the desired type, passing just a title for the menu.

CheckboxMenu cbm(L"CHECKBOX_MENU_TITLE");

2. Add as meny options as you like. Optionally, add description to each option to be displayed below the menu, when the option is hovered.

cbm.addOption(L"option 1", L"Description for option 1");
cbm.addOption(L"option 2", L"Description for option 1");
cbm.addOption(L"option 3"); // description is not mandatory

3. Execute the menu - running until 'Enter' key is pressed, which saves the current state.

cbm.execute();

4. Acquire state of the menu upon exit. The returned value is a custom struct, describing the state upon exit.

MenuState mState = cbm.getState();

5. Interpret and react to user's selections, represented as custom Option objects.

// VERY BASIC DECLARATION OF `OPTION`
class Option
{
public:
	BOOL IsSelected() const;

	// displayed in menu
	const std::wstring _displayName;
	const std::wstring _description;
private:	
	BOOL _selected;	
protected:
};

For interpreting menu state, 2 approaches can be applied -

/* 
APPROACH 1: 
acquire only the selected options
*/

//  EITHER -
Option sel = cbmState.getSelectedOptions()[0] // for singular option menus
//  OR -
std::vector<Option> sel = cbmState.getSelectedOptions() // for multiple option menus

// print display name of selected option
std::wcout << "\r\nSELECTED OPTION: " << sel._displayName << std::endl;

/*
APPROACH 2: 
iterate and check all options
*/

for (Option opt : cbmState.options) {

    // print all properties of each option
    std::wcout << opt._displayName << L"\t " 
    std::wcout << opt._description << L"\t " 
    std::wcout << opt.IsSelected() << std::endl;
}

** For more complete usage examples, refer to this file in this repository.

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