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Spinner Menu View

A spinner menu view supports displaying a set of times on a screen as a list, with one item displayed at a time. This is generally used to pick one option from a list. Some examples could include selecting from a list of states, themes, etc.

General Information

Items can be selected on a menu via the cursor keys or by selecting them via a hotKey - see Hot Keys below.

ℹ️ A spinner menu view is defined with a percent (%) and the characters SM, followed by the view number (if used.) For example: %SM1

ℹ️ See MCI 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
focusTextStyle	Sets focus text style. See Text Styles in MCI
focus	If set to true, establishes initial focus
width	Sets the width of a view on the display (default 15)
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
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

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 spinner 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

Configuration fragment (expand to view)

``` SM1: { submit: true argName: themeSelect items: [ { text: Light data: light } { text: Dark data: dark } { text: Rainbow data: rainbow } { text: Gruvbox data: gruvbox } ] }

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