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menu_opts_on(3x)

menu_opts_on3x

Set and get menu options

Part of menu_opts(3x).

Usage

int set_menu_opts(MENU *menu, Menu_Options opts); Menu_Options menu_opts(const MENU *menu);

int menu_opts_on(MENU *menu, Menu_Options opts); int menu_opts_off(MENU *menu, Menu_Options opts);

Overview

The function set_menu_opts sets all the given menu's option bits (menu option bits may be logically “or”-ed together).

The function menu_opts_on turns on the given option bits, and leaves others alone.

The function menu_opts_off turns off the given option bits, and leaves others alone.

The function menu_opts returns the menu's current option bits.

The following options are defined (all are on by default):

O_ONEVALUE

Only one item can be selected for this menu.

O_SHOWDESC

Display the item descriptions when the menu is posted.

O_ROWMAJOR

Display the menu in row-major order.

O_IGNORECASE

Ignore the case when pattern-matching.

O_SHOWMATCH

Move the cursor to within the item name while pattern-matching.

O_NONCYCLIC

Don't wrap around next-item and previous-item, requests to the other end of the menu.

O_MOUSE_MENU

If user clicks with the mouse and it does not fall on the currently active menu, push KEY_MOUSE and the MEVENT data back on the queue to allow processing in another part of the calling program.

Return value

Except for menu_opts, each routine returns one of the following:

E_OK

The routine succeeded.

E_SYSTEM_ERROR

System error occurred (see errno(3)).

E_POSTED

The menu is already posted.

Portability

These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.

Authors

Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.

From ncurses 6.6-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.