Menus is a Borland-inspired ascii console graphics library that is built on a custom multimedia (DLL) dynamic link library vain engine to create basic TUI elements.
For a new project, Add the
libVain Engine.alibrary to the linker and copy theVain-Engine.dllfile from the lib folder to the main directory where you'll be running the program. Use the namespaceengfor the Vain-Engine library functions.
Run build.sh file to compile and build the project.
const Color DEFAULT = eng::Color.BRIGHT_WHITE_BLACK;
const Color HIGHLIGHT = eng::Color.BRIGHT_BLUE_BRIGHT_WHITE;
// pass vector initializer list...
std::unique_ptr<Menu> h_menu(new HorizontalMenu({
{" File ", HIGHLIGHT},
{" Edit ", DEFAULT},
{" View ", DEFAULT},
{" Help ", DEFAULT},
},
Coordinate(0, -1)
));
// initialize theme data....
h_menu->setTheme(Theme(DEFAULT, HIGHLIGHT));
for (;;) {
while(!h_menu->isItemSelected()){
h_menu->render();
}
// must be called to re-initialize the process
h_menu->restart();
switch(h_menu->getItemPosition()){
case 1:
/* Do stuff from here */
break;
case 2:
/* Do stuff from here */
break;
case 3:
/* Do stuff from here */
break;
}
} std::unique_ptr<Menu> v_menu(new VerticalMenu({
{" New ", HIGHLIGHT},
{" Open ", DEFAULT},
{" Save ", DEFAULT},
{" Print ", DEFAULT},
},
Coordinate(0, 0)
));
v_menu->setTheme(Theme(DEFAULT, HIGHLIGHT));
std::unique_ptr<Window> frame(new Frame(Dimension(10, 30),
Coordinate(3,5))
);
frame->enableShadow(true);
frame->render();