item_value(3)

item_value3

Set and get menu item values

Usage

#include <menu.h>

int set_item_value(ITEM *item, bool value); bool item_value(const ITEM *item);

Overview

If you turn off the menu option O_ONEVALUE (e.g., with set_menu_opts or menu_opts_off; see menu_opts(3X)), the menu becomes multi-valued; that is, more than one item may simultaneously be selected.

In a multi_valued menu, you can used set_item_value to select the given menu item (second argument TRUE) or deselect it (second argument FALSE).

Return value

The function set_item_value returns one of the following:

E_OK

The routine succeeded.

E_SYSTEM_ERROR

System error occurred (see errno(3)).

E_REQUEST_DENIED

The menu driver could not process the request.

Portability

These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.

Releases

66 releases since FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE; the text changed 6 times.

  1. 4.3–4.11
  2. 5.0–6.2
  3. 6.3–10.4
  4. 11.0–12.4
  5. 13.0–13.5
  6. 14.0–14.1
  7. 14.2–16.0

Authors

Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.