Widgets::Menu(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					Widgets::Menu(3pm)

NAME

       Curses::Widgets::Menu - Menu Widgets

MODULE VERSION

       $Id: Menu.pm,v 1.103 2002/11/14 01:26:34 corliss Exp corliss $

SYNOPSIS

	 use Curses::Widgets::Menu;

	 $menu = Curses::Widgets::Menu->new({
	   COLUMNS     => 10,
	   INPUTFUNC   => &scankey,
	   FOREGROUND  => undef,
	   BACKGROUND  => 'black',
	   FOCUSSWITCH => "	",
	   X	       => 1,
	   Y	       => 1,
	   MENUS       => {
	     MENUORDER => [qw(File)],
	     File => {
	       ITEMORDER => [qw(Save Quit)],
	       Save	 => &Save,
	       Quit	 => &Quit,
	     },
	   CURSORPOS   => 'File',
	   BORDER      => 1,
	   });

	 $menu->draw($mwh, 1);
	 $menu->execute;

	 See the Curses::Widgets pod for other methods.

REQUIREMENTS

       Curses
       Curses::Widgets
       Curses::Widgets::ListBox

DESCRIPTION

       Curses::Widgets::Menu provides simplified OO access to menus.  Each item in a menu can be tied to a subroutine reference which is called
       when selected.

METHODS

       new (inherited from Curses::Widgets)

	 $menu = Curses::Widgets::Menu->new({
	   INPUTFUNC   => &scankey,
	   FOREGROUND  => undef,
	   BACKGROUND  => 'black',
	   FOCUSSWITCH => "	",
	   MENUS       => {
	     MENUORDER => [qw(File)],
	     File      => {
	       ITEMORDER => [qw(Save Quit)],
	       Save	 => &Save,
	       Quit	 => &Quit,
	     },
	   CURSORPOS   => 'File',
	   BORDER      => 1,
	   });

       The new method instantiates a new Menu object.  The only mandatory key/value pairs in the configuration hash are X and Y.  All others have
       the following defaults:

	 Key	       Default	Description
	 ============================================================
	 INPUTFUNC   &scankey	Function to use to scan for keystrokes
	 FOREGROUND	 undef	Default foreground colour
	 BACKGROUND    'black'	Default background colour
	 FOCUSSWITCH	  "	"	Characters which signify end of input
	 MENUS		    {}	Menu structure
	 CURSORPOS	    ''	Current position of the cursor
	 BORDER 	     0	Avoid window borders

       The MENUS option is a hash of hashes, with each hash a separate menu, and the constituent hashes being a Entry/Function pairs.  Each hash
       requires a special key/value pair that determines the order of the items when displayed.  Each item is separated by two spaces.

       draw

	 $menu->draw($mwh, 1);

       The draw method renders the menu in its current state.  This requires a valid handle to a curses window in which it will render itself.
       The optional second argument, if true, will cause the selection cursor to be rendered as well.

       popup

	 $menu->popup;

       This method causes the menu to be displayed.  Since, theoretically, the menu should never be seen unless it's being actively used, we will
       always assume that we need to draw a cursor on the list as well.

       execute

	 $menu->execute;

       This method acts like the standard Curses::Widgets method of the same name, with the exception being that selection of any menu item will
       also cause it to exit (having already called the associated item subroutine).

HISTORY

       2002/10/17 -- First implementation

AUTHOR
/COPYRIGHT
       (c) 2001 Arthur Corliss (corliss@digitalmages.com)

perl v5.8.8							    2006-09-14							Widgets::Menu(3pm)