NAME

       notcurses_selector - high level widget for selecting from a set

SYNOPSIS

       #include <notcurses/notcurses.h>

              struct ncplane;
              struct notcurses;
              struct ncselector;

              struct ncselector_item {
                const char* option;
                const char* desc;
              };

              typedef struct ncselector_options {
                const char* title; // title may be NULL, inhibiting riser
                const char* secondary; // secondary may be NULL
                const char* footer; // footer may be NULL
                struct ncselector_item* items; // initial items and descriptions
                // default item (selected at start)
                unsigned defidx;
                // maximum number of options to display at once
                unsigned maxdisplay;
                // exhaustive styling options
                uint64_t opchannels;   // option channels
                uint64_t descchannels; // description channels
                uint64_t titlechannels;// title channels
                uint64_t footchannels; // secondary and footer channels
                uint64_t boxchannels;  // border channels
                uint64_t flags;        // bitfield over NCSELECTOR_OPTION_*
              } ncselector_options;

       struct ncselector* ncselector_create(struct ncplane* n, const ncselector_options* opts);

       int ncselector_additem(struct ncselector* n, const struct ncselector_item* item);

       int ncselector_delitem(struct ncselector* n, const char* item);

       const char* ncselector_selected(const struct ncselector* n);

       struct ncplane* ncselector_plane(struct ncselector* n);

       const char* ncselector_previtem(struct ncselector* n);

       const char* ncselector_nextitem(struct ncselector* n);

       bool ncselector_offer_input(struct ncselector* n, const ncinput* nc);

       void ncselector_destroy(struct ncselector* n, char item);**

DESCRIPTION

       A selector widget presents a list of items (possibly more than can be displayed at once).  It facilitates
       a choice of zero or one item from the list.

NOTES

       The ncplane n provided to ncselector_create must not be NULL.  It will be freely resized by the new ncse‐
       lector,  and  thus  cannot be the standard plane.  ncselector_selected returns the currently-selected op‐
       tion.  ncselector_additem and ncselector_delitem allow items to be added and deleted on the fly (a static
       set of items can all be provided in the ncselector_create call).  The backing plane will  be  resized  as
       necessary for item changes.

       ncselector_nextitem  and ncselector_previtem select the next (down) or previous (up) option, scrolling if
       necessary.  It is safe to call these functions even if no options are present.

       ncselector_plane will return the ncplane on which the widget is drawn.

       While the ncselector can be driven entirely by client code, input can be run through ncselector_offer_in‐
       put to take advantage of common controls.  It will handle the up and down arrows, along with  PageUp  and
       PageDown.   If  the mouse is enabled, the mouse scrollwheel and mouse clicks on the scroll arrows will be
       handled.

       ncselector_destroy destroys the backing ncplane, as does ncselector_create in the event of any error.

RETURN VALUES

       ncselector_create returns NULL on an error, in which case the passed ncplane is destroyed.

       ncselector_selected returns a reference to the option part of the selected ncselector_item.  If there are
       no items, it returns NULL.

       ncselector_previtem and ncselector_nextitem return references to the option part  of  the  newly-selected
       ncselector_item.  If there are no items, they return NULL.

SEE ALSO

       notcurses(3), notcurses_input(3), notcurses_multiselector(3), notcurses_plane(3), notcurses_stdplane(3)

AUTHORS

       nick black <nickblack@linux.com>.

                                                     v3.0.7                                notcurses_selector(3)