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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.

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

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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