Curses::UI::Popupmenu - Create and manipulate popupbox widgets



NAME

Curses::UI::Popupmenu - Create and manipulate popupbox widgets


CLASS HIERARCHY

 Curses::UI::Widget
    |
    +----Curses::UI::Popupmenu


SYNOPSIS

    use Curses::UI;
    my $cui = new Curses::UI;
    my $win = $cui->add('window_id', 'Window');
    my $popupbox = $win->add(
        'mypopupbox', 'Popupmenu',
        -values    => [1, 2, 3],
        -labels    => { 1 => 'One', 
                        2 => 'Two', 
                        3 => 'Three' },
    );
    $popupbox->focus();
    my $value = $popupbox->get();


DESCRIPTION

Curses::UI::Popupmenu is a widget that can be used to create something very similar to a basic Curses::UI::Listbox. The difference is that the widget will show only the currently selected value (or ``-------'' if no value is yet selected). The list of possible values will be shown as a separate popup window if requested.

Normally the widget will look something like this:

 [Current value ]

If the popup window is opened, it looks something like this:

 [Current value ]
 +--------------+
 |Other value   |
 |Current value | 
 |Third value   |
 +--------------+

See exampes/demo-Curses::UI::Popupmenu in the distribution for a short demo.


STANDARD OPTIONS

-parent, -x, -y, -width, -height, -pad, -padleft, -padright, -padtop, -padbottom, -ipad, -ipadleft, -ipadright, -ipadtop, -ipadbottom, -title, -titlefullwidth, -titlereverse, -onfocus, -onblur

For an explanation of these standard options, see Curses::UI::Widget.


WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS


METHODS


DEFAULT BINDINGS

There are bindings for the widget itself and bindings for the popup listbox that can be opened by this widget.

The widget itself

The popup listbox

The bindings for the popup listbox are the same as the bindings for the Listbox widget. So take a look at Curses::UI::Listbox for a description of these. The difference is that the 'loose-focus' and 'option-select' routine will have the popup listbox to close. If the routine 'option-select' is called, the active item will get selected.


SEE ALSO

the Curses::UI manpage, the Curses::UI::Listbox manpage the Curses::UI::Widget manpage, the Curses::UI::Common manpage


AUTHOR

Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Maurice Makaay. All rights reserved.

Maintained by Marcus Thiesen (marcus@cpan.thiesenweb.de)

This package is free software and is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as perl itself.

 Curses::UI::Popupmenu - Create and manipulate popupbox widgets