ScrollMenu

Description

A menu in which the user can navigate by using the up/down arrow keys.

Features

• Up/Down key navigation - Select a menu item using up/down keys.
• Shortcut key selection - Select a menu item using a shortcut key.
• Enable/Disable menu items - The disabled items are displayed with another color and cannot be selected.
• Show/Hide menu items - The hidden items are not displayed at all.
• Commands - Can attach Commands to menu items that will be executed when the menu item is selected.
• Menu horizontal alignment - Align the menu in the console's buffer (Left, Center, Right).
• Items horizontal alignment - Horizontally align the menu items inside the menu (Left, Center, Right).
• Circular navigation - When reaching the top item go to the bottom item. When reaching the bottom item go to the top item.
• IRepeatableSupport - This control offers support to be used by the ControlRepeater.

In the future

• Initially selected item - By setting the SelectedIndex or SelectedItem properties before displaying the menu.

Example

Please see the demo project.

private void DisplayMenu()
{
    ScrollMenu scrollMenu = new ScrollMenu
    {
        MarginTop = 1,
        MarginBottom = 1,
        EraseAfterClose = true
    };

    scrollMenu.AddItems(new IMenuItem[]
    {
        new LabelMenuItem
        {
            Text = "New Game",
            Command = new NewGameCommand()
        },
        new YesNoMenuItem
        {
            Text = "Save Game",
            Command = new SaveGameCommand()
        },
        new LabelMenuItem
        {
            Text = "Load Game",
            Command = new LoadGameCommand()
        },
        ...
    });

    scrollMenu.Display();
}

Result: