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Pick an option in the terminal with a simple GUI

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pick

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pick is a small python library to help you create curses based interactive selection list in the terminal.

Basic Multiselect

Installation

$ pip install pick

Usage

pick comes with a simple api:

>>> from pick import pick

>>> title = 'Please choose your favorite programming language: '
>>> options = ['Java', 'JavaScript', 'Python', 'PHP', 'C++', 'Erlang', 'Haskell']
>>> option, index = pick(options, title)
>>> print(option)
>>> print(index)

outputs:

>>> C++
>>> 4

pick multiselect example:

>>> from pick import pick

>>> title = 'Please choose your favorite programming language (press SPACE to mark, ENTER to continue): '
>>> options = ['Java', 'JavaScript', 'Python', 'PHP', 'C++', 'Erlang', 'Haskell']
>>> selected = pick(options, title, multiselect=True, min_selection_count=1)
>>> print(selected)

outputs:

>>> [('Java', 0), ('C++', 4)]

Options

  • options: a list of options to choose from
  • title: (optional) a title above options list
  • indicator: (optional) custom the selection indicator, defaults to *
  • default_index: (optional) set this if the default selected option is not the first one
  • multiselect: (optional), if set to True its possible to select multiple items by hitting SPACE
  • min_selection_count: (optional) for multi select feature to dictate a minimum of selected items before continuing

Community Projects

pickpack: A fork of pick to select tree data.

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