Console menu

Interactive console menu for C#

v 1.3.4

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note: This software is developed and optimalised for Linux with Mono runtime. Running this software on Windows may contains bugs.

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example code

using System;
using Menu;

public class main {
	public static void Main(string[] argv) {

		//create instance with menu header, set true for looped menu cursor
		ConsoleMenu menu = new ConsoleMenu("Example menu", true);


		//adding items into menu
		menu.AddItem(new Button("Yes"));   				 //item index 0
		menu.AddItem(new Button("No"));     			 //item index 1
		menu.AddItem(new Input("Name"));     			 //item index 2
		menu.AddItem(new Switcher("Music")); 			 //item index 3
		menu.AddItem(new Option("Difficulty", new string[]{"Easy", "Normal", "Hard"})); //item index 4

		//method Display() returns index of pressed button and show interactive menu in console
		int menu_id = menu.Display();

		//write id of pressed button
		Console.WriteLine(menu_id);

		//write data of menu item with index 2
		Console.WriteLine(menu.GetData()[2]);

		//write data of menu item with index 3
		Console.WriteLine(menu.GetData()[3]);

		//write data of menu item with index 4
		Console.WriteLine(menu.GetData()[4]);
	}
}

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Available menu items

• Button()

  • Parameters:

    • Title

  • closes the menu and returns index of item

• Switcher()

  • Parameters:

    • Title

    • State* bool

    • OnText* string

    • OffText* string

  • switches between on and off

  • return data:

    • bool

• Option()

  • Parameters:

    • Title

    • Options string[]

  • switches between given keywords

  • return data

    • string

• Input()

  • Parameters:

    • Title

    • InputData* string

  • text or number input

  • return data:

    • string/int

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parameters with * is optional