dumb_menu

simple_term_menu don't support windows, so I made dumb_menu.

dumb_menu is not as powerful as simple_term_menu , but this a GOOD OLD MENU .

dumb_menu is a light weight command line menu that supports Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

Installation

pip install dumb-menu

https://pypi.org/project/dumb-menu/

https://github.com/cornradio/dumb_menu (I want stars ⭐ uwu)

Usage

example:

import dumb_menu
options = ["[1]Option 1", "[2]Option 2", "[3]Option 3","[q]quit"]
index = dumb_menu.get_menu_choice(options)
print(f"You selected option {index + 1}: {options[index]}")

another example:

import os
import dumb_menu

def loopmenu():
    options = ["[1]happy",
            "[2]sad",
            "[3]give me a cookie",
            "[q]quit"]
    index = dumb_menu.get_menu_choice(options,isclean = True)
    # clear screen, cls for windows, clear for linux
    os.system('cls') 
    # Python 3.10+ only,old version could use if-else
    match index:
        case 0:
            print(":)")
        case 1:
            print(":(")
        case 2:
            print("🍪ヾ(•ω•`)o")
        case 3:
            exit()
    input('Press ENTER to continue...')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    while True:
        loopmenu()

Get help

Get help ➡️ Github issue

Update log

1.0.8 add "return key string" option , add demo.py As a straightforward example

dumb_menu.get_menu_choice(options,give_key_str = True)

1.0.7 fix "flickering on mac zsh"

1.0.6 forget write log in 1.0.5

1.0.5 fix bug in 1.0.4

1.0.4 support "clean mode"

1.0.3 show selected index also when using hotkey

1.0.2 first useable version

1.0.1 fix bug

1.0.0 first release

how to upload a new version (for me)

en: https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/packaging-projects/

zh: https://python-packaging-zh.readthedocs.io/zh_CN/latest/minimal.html#id2

make sure have twine installed first

change setup.py
testing python3 setup.py develop
python3 setup.py sdist
twine upload dist/*

test code :

python3

import dumb_menu
dumb_menu.demo()