README.md

Console Prettify🎨 (alpha)

A simple tool for making good UI in C/C++ console applications on Windows with little effort.

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How to Use 🖥️

Download or clone this repository. Copy prettify_functions.c and ConsolePrettify.h into your project folder and add #include "ConsolePrettify.h" in your C/C++ files.

Make sure the new files are correctly linked in your IDE/compiler.

Available Functions

Function	Description
text
cp_textcolor(color)	Changes the text color
cp_print(format, args)	Exactly like printf, but text is centered
input
cp_textbox(specifier, variable)	Like scanf with a input box
cp_password(variable)	string input box with masking eg. *****
selection
cp_menu(title, numOptions, ...)	Displays a menu and returns the number of the selected option
cp_menu2(title, numOptions, ...)	cp_menu but uses arrow keys for selection
lists
cp_ilist(title, items, numItems)	Displays an ordered list of integers
cp_flist(title, items, numItems)	Displays an ordered list of floats
cp_clist(title, items, numItems)	Displays an ordered list of characters
cp_slist(title, items, numItems)	Displays an ordered list of strings

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NOTE: Please use cp_textcolor() instaed of system("color xx")

NOTE: cp_textbox() accepts ONE variable. Do not use multiple specifiers

NOTE: Using newlines(\n) in cp_menu, cp_menu2, or cp_print will mess up the formatting

Available Colors 🌈

use any of these constants as the color argument of cp_textcolor()

Constant Name	_
RED	12
GREEN	10
LIGHT_BLUE	11
YELLOW	6
LIGHT_YELLOW	14
BLUE	9
PURPLE	5
WHITE	15
CYAN	3
GRAY	7
DARK_GRAY	8

Example: cp_textcolor (BLUE);

Examples

Text & input:

char testString[25];
cp_textcolor (GREEN); //change color

printf (" Enter your username");
cp_textbox ("%s", testString);

printf ("\n Enter your password:");
cp_password (testString);

Menus

//normal menu
int choice = cp_menu("Select an option", 4,
                  "Buy bananas",
                  "Buy apple",
                  "Buy mango",
                  "Buy grapes");
//arrow key selection menu
choice = cp_menu2("Select an option", 5,
                  "Buy bananas",
                  "Buy apple",
                  "Buy mango",
                  "Buy grapes",
                  "Buy Bananas");

Lists

float items[20] = {200, 10, 80, 900, 20, 10, 80, 900, 209, 50};
cp_flist ("List of numbers", items, 10);

TODO

• Add automatic Table printing

License

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ConsolePrettify is MIT licensed.