menoo

interactive cli menu module for python

summary

Creating interactive cli utilities has never been easier! With menu you can, within four lines of code, create your own arrow-keys controlled any-purpose menu.

example

from menoo import Menu

def print_choice(i):
    print i

menu = Menu(title='do you want to build a snowman?')
menu.add_option('yes', print_choice)
menu.add_option('no', print_choice)
menu.start()

usage

Menu(title='', cursor='>>', fullscreen=False) instantiates a new Menu object, but does not start it yet, with the following optional parameters:

1. title - displayed above the list of options
2. cursor - displayed near the selected option
3. fullscreen - will clear screen prior to rendering the menu

Menu.add_option(text, handler) adds a new entry to the list of options

1. text - the text to display
2. handler - a function which receives a single integer as its first positional argument, representing the index of the selected option. the function can vary between options.

Menu.start() starts the menu and enters the menu loop. blocks the program until an option has been chosen

Menu.stop() will stop the menu loop on its next iteration

getting it

$ pip install menoo