select_options

select_options is a Python library for creating interactive selection menus in terminal applications. Designed for personal use, but open to proposals and contributions.

Overview

A simple library to make a beautiful appearance on the console to select one or various options.

Features

• Interactive selection menus
• Multiselect support
• Customizable prompts
• Adjustable columns (auto between 2-5, manual control planned)
• Limit selection in multiselect menus
• Future: color customization

Installation

Install via pip:

pip install select_options

Or install from source:

git clone https://github.com/Gerry1402/select.git
cd select
pip install .

Usage

For every type of iterable except dict, the menu shows the string representation of each item. If items are not stringifiable, use a dict where the key is the displayed content and the value is the result.

Example:

from select_options import Select
options = ["Option 1", "Option 2", "Option 3"]

selected = Select(options, prompt="Choose an option")

single = selected.run()
print(f"You selected: {single_selected}")

select.prompt = "Choose one or various options"
selected.multiselect = True

multi = selected.run()

Parameters

• Title: Purpose of the selection, instructions shown below the table.
• Multiselect: Allows multiple selections.
• Limit: Restricts the number of selections in multiselect menus.
• Columns: Auto-adjusts columns (2-5); manual control planned.

Compatibility

Tested on Windows 11. Compatibility with other OS/environments is not guaranteed.

Requirements

• Python >= 3.7
• textual

License

MIT License

Gerard Vello
Email: gerard.vello@gmail.com

Roadmap

• Manual column control
• Color customization

Screenshots

This is the base color for Multi-select and Single-select.

This are the colors that appear on the Multi-select, the blue are the selected ones and the purple is the current position over a selected option.

Contributions, suggestions, and issues are welcome. Feel free to open a pull request or issue on GitHub.