Features and Options for Choice List Menus

The following lists the features and options available for choice lists.

You can change the appearance of a choice list by:

nSetting the active and inactive attributes for the choice list items.
nModifying the choice list window by adding a border title, changing top or side margins, or adding a scroll bar, among others.
nSpecifying a descriptive phrase to accompany each item. The highlight bar can be made any length so that the descriptive text is not highlighted, and the descriptive phrase is not read with the selected text.
nSorting the choice list items before passing control to the user.

You can change the default user interface by setting the choice list options. With choice list options, you can:

nEnable first character selection of items.
nEnable confirmation of a selection made with first character selection.
nAllow the cursor keys to wrap around in the choice list. When the user moves down from the last item in the choice list, the user goes to the first item and vice versa.

Use the following options to control the choice list interface.

nYou can allow the user to pick multiple items from a choice list.
nYou can change the current item or the item that is highlighted when the user first enters the choice list menu.
nYou can change the key assignments for choice list processing.
nYou can insert, delete, and replace items in a choice list.
nYou can control choice list display, updating and processing by using lower-level functions.
nYou can determine the text corresponding to a certain item in a choice list by its number or vice versa.