easy_tui 1.0.2

Very simple tool to generate menus for gathering user input.

example/main.dart

import 'dart:io';
import 'package:easy_tui/cli/io/out/TerminalOut.dart';
import 'package:easy_tui/tui/TextFormUI.dart';
import 'package:easy_tui/tui/TextOptionUI.dart';

import 'package:easy_tui/tui/MenuModifiers.dart';

void main() {
//	Create the UI class
  final TextOptionUI main = new TextOptionUI(

      ///			The [modifier] parameter is a list of modifiers
      /// 		In this case, `MenuModifiers.MAIN_MENU` is the modifier.
      modifiers: [MenuModifiers.MAIN_MENU]);

  /// Add content to a `TextUI` through the [lines] property
  main.lines.addAll([
    /* 1 */ "Say hello",
    /* 2 */ "Go to a submenu",
    /* 3 */ "Enter some data",
    /* 4 */ "Exit"
  ]);

  /// `TextUI`s with the `MenuModifiers.MAIN_MENU` property __should loop__
  while (true) {
    ///		`switch` statements are a good way to handle [present]'s return value
    switch (main.present()) {
      case 1:
        print("\nHello, user!\n");
        break;
      case 2:
        TerminalOut.enterToContinue("I didn't feel like demoing this, " +
            "but you can put as many menus into menus as your feel like.");
        break;
      case 3:
        TextFormUI dataEntry = new TextFormUI();
        dataEntry.lines.addAll(["name?", "age?", "date of birth?"]);

        ///				[present()] has an  __optional named parameter__
        ///				that prepends the questions with the `String` provided.
        ///
        /// 			So, the questions would be "_What is your_ name?",
        /// 			"_What is your_ age?", and "_What is your_ date of birth"?
        List<String> answers = dataEntry.present(prepend: "What is your ");
        print("\nYour name is: ${answers[0]}, " +
            "\nYour age is: ${answers[1]}, " +
            "\nYour DOB is: ${answers[2]}");
        break;
      case 4:
        exit(0);
        break;
    }
    TerminalOut.enterToClear("Returning to main menu...");
  }
}