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title: Horizontal Menu View
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## Horizontal Menu View
A horizontal menu view supports displaying a list of times on a screen horizontally (side to side, in a single row) similar to a lightbox.

## General Information

Items can be selected on a menu via the cursor keys, Page Up, Page Down, Home, and End, or by selecting them via a `hotKey` - see ***Hot Keys*** below.

> :information_source: A horizontal menu view is defined with a percent (%) and the characters HM, followed by the view number (if used.) For example: `%HM1`

> :information_source: See [MCI](../mci.md) for general information on how to use views and common configuration properties available for them.

### Properties

| Property    | Description  |
|-------------|--------------|
| `textStyle` | Sets the standard (non-focus) text style. See **Text Styles** in [MCI](../mci.md) |
| `focusTextStyle` | Sets focus text style. See **Text Styles** in [MCI](../mci.md)|
| `itemSpacing` | Used to separate items horizontally in the menu |
| `width` | Sets the width of a view to display one or more columns horizontally (default 15)|
| `focus` | If set to `true`, establishes initial focus |
| `submit` | If set to `true` any `accept` action upon this view will submit the encompassing **form** |
| `hotKeys` | Sets hot keys to activate specific items. See **Hot Keys** below |
| `hotKeySubmit` | Set to submit a form on hotkey selection |
| `argName` | Sets the argument name for this selection in the form |
| `justify` | Sets the justification of each item in the list. Options: left (default), right, center |
| `itemFormat` | Sets the format for a list entry. See **Entry Formatting** in [MCI](../mci.md) |
| `fillChar` | Specifies a character to fill extra space in the menu with. Defaults to an empty space |
| `items` | List of items to show in the menu. See **Items** below.
| `focusItemFormat` | Sets the format for a focused list entry. See **Entry Formatting** in [MCI](../mci.md) |


### Hot Keys

A set of `hotKeys` are used to allow the user to press a character on the keyboard to select that item, and optionally submit the form.

Example:

```
hotKeys: { A: 0, B: 1, C: 2, D: 3 }
hotKeySubmit: true
```
This would select and submit the first item if `A` is typed, second if `B`, etc.

### Items

A horizontal menu, similar to other menus, take a list of items to display in the menu. For example:


```
items: [
  {
      text: First Item
      data: first
  }
  {
      text: Second Item
      data: second
  }
]
```

If the list is for display only (there is no form action associated with it) you can omit the data element, and include the items as a simple list:

```
["First item", "Second item", "Third Item"]
```

## Example

![Example](../../assets/images/horizontal_menu_view_example1.gif "Horizontal menu")

<details>
<summary>Configuration fragment (expand to view)</summary>
<div markdown="1">
```
HM2: {
  focus: true
  width: 60 // set as desired
  submit: true
  argName: navSelect
  items: [
    "prev", "next", "details", "toggle queue", "rate", "help", "quit"
  ]
}
```
</div>
</details>