menu_attributes(3X)              UNIX System V              menu_attributes(3X)


NAME
      menuattributes:  setmenufore, menufore, setmenuback, menuback,
      setmenugrey, menugrey, setmenupad, menupad - control menus display
      attributes

SYNOPSIS
      #include <menu.h>
      int setmenufore(MENU *menu, chtype attr);
      chtype menufore(MENU *menu);
      int setmenuback(MENU *menu, chtype attr);
      chtype menuback(MENU *menu);
      int setmenugrey(MENU *menu, chtype attr);
      chtype menugrey(MENU *menu);
      int setmenupad(MENU *menu, int pad);
      int menupad(MENU *menu);

DESCRIPTION
      setmenufore sets the foreground attribute of menu - the display
      attribute for the current item (if selectable) on single-valued menus and
      for selected items on multi-valued menus.  This display attribute is a
      curses library visual attribute.  menufore returns the foreground
      attribute of menu.

      setmenuback sets the background attribute of menu - the display
      attribute for unselected, yet selectable, items.  This display attribute
      is a curses library visual attribute.

      setmenugrey sets the grey attribute of menu - the display attribute for
      nonselectable items in multi-valued menus.  This display attribute is a
      curses library visual attribute.  menugrey returns the grey attribute of
      menu.

      The pad character is the character that fills the space between the name
      and description of an item.  setmenupad sets the pad character for menu
      to pad.  menupad returns the pad character of menu.

RETURN VALUE
      These routines return one of the following:

      EOK        - The routine returned successfully.
      ESYSTEMERROR-System error.
      EBADARGUMENT-An incorrect argument was passed to the routine.

NOTES
      The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header files <eti.h>
      and <curses.h>.

SEE ALSO
      curses(3X), menus(3X)





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