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32.Dd September 10, 1999
33.Dt MENU_ITEM_CURRENT 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm current_item ,
37.Nm item_index ,
38.Nm set_current_item ,
39.Nm set_top_row
40.Nm top_row
41.Nd get or set item pointers or top row
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libmenu
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Fd #include \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
46.Ft ITEM *
47.Fn current_item "MENU *menu"
48.Ft int
49.Fn item_index "ITEM *item"
50.Ft int
51.Fn set_current_item "MENU *menu" "ITEM *item"
52.Ft int
53.Fn set_top_row "MENU *menu" "int row"
54.Ft int
55.Fn top_row "MENU *menu"
56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57The
58.Fn current_item
59returns a pointer to the current menu item.  The
60.Fn set_current_item
61can be used to set this to the item give.  The
62.Fn item_index
63function returns the index number in the array of items for the item
64pointed to by the
65.Fa item
66parameter.  The
67.Fn set_top_row
68function sets the top row of the menu displayed to be the row given.
69The current item becomes the leftmost item of the top row.  The
70.Fn top_row
71call returns the row number that is currently at the top of the
72displayed menu.
73.Sh RETURN VALUES
74.Fn current_item
75returns NULL if no items are attached to the menu.
76.Pp
77.Bl -tag -width E_NOT_CONNECTED -compact
78.It Er E_OK
79The function was successful.
80.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
81One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
82.It Er E_BAD_STATE
83The function was called from within an initialisation or termination
84routine.
85.It Er E_NOT_CONNECTED
86The item is not connected to a menu.
87.El
88.Sh SEE ALSO
89.Xr curses 3 ,
90.Xr menus 3
91.Sh NOTES
92The header
93.Pa \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
94automatically includes both
95.Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
96and
97.Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .
98