The current item of a menu is the item where the cursor is currently positioned. set_current_item() sets the current item of menu to item. current_item() returns a pointer to the the current item in menu.

set_top_row() sets the top row of menu to row. The left-most item on the new top row becomes the current item. top_row() returns the number of the menu row currently displayed at the top of menu.

item_index() returns the index to the item in the item pointer array. The value of this index ranges from 0 through N-1, where N is the total number of items connected to the menu.

current_item() returns NULL on error.

top_row() and index_item() return -1 on error.

set_current_item() and set_top_row() return one of the following:

E_OK

The routine returned successfully.

E_SYSTEM_ERROR

System error.

E_BAD_ARGUMENT

An incorrect argument was passed to the routine.

E_BAD_STATE

The routine was called from an initialization or termination function.

E_NOT_CONNECTED

No items are connected to the menu.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

curses(3CURSES), menus(3CURSES), attributes(5)

The header <menu.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and <curses.h>.