[SOLVED] BASH: dialog menu with descriptions

worm5252 · 05-05-2010, 08:35 AM

I am envisioning a dialog menu with 2 sections, the top 2/3 a menu, then the bottom 1/3 is a message box. When you highlight a menu item it gives you a description of what it does in the message box.

However I am not sure it is possible. Can this be done in BASH?

druuna · 05-05-2010, 08:47 AM

Hi,

Have a look at tput:

- tput (man page)
- HowTo: Use tput in a shell data entry system
- 6.5. Colours and Cursor Movement With tput

Hope this helps.

worm5252 · 05-05-2010, 09:02 AM

Nevermind. I had a lapse in thinking. When you create a menu item you create a description as well.