commit 4c6df876e806a51a83bd124e1606167121fd2d03
Author: Harsh Virdi <harsh13virdi@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Mar 27 09:16:49 2026 +0530

    Basic MenuBar

diff --git a/menu.h b/menu.h
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+++ b/menu.h
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+#include <string>
+#include <curses.h>
+
+#ifndef _MENU_H_
+#define _MENU_H_
+
+class Menu {
+    public:
+        Menu(std::string text, char trigger){
+            this->text = text;
+            this->trigger = trigger;
+        }
+
+        int start_x;
+        std::string text;
+        char trigger;
+};
+
+class MenuBar {
+    public:
+        MenuBar(WINDOW *win, Menu *menus, int num_menus){
+            this->win = win;
+            this->menus = menus;
+            this->num_menus = num_menus;
+            this->selected_menu = -1;
+
+            int current_pos = 2;
+            
+            for(int i = 0; i < num_menus; i++)
+            { 
+                this->menus[i].start_x = current_pos;
+                current_pos += this->menus[i].text.length() + 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        void draw()
+        {
+            for(int i = 0; i < num_menus; i++)
+            { 
+                int start_x = this->menus[i].start_x;
+                std::string text = this->menus[i].text;
+                if(selected_menu == i)
+                {
+                    wattron(win,A_STANDOUT);
+                }
+                    mvwprintw(win,0,start_x,text.c_str());
+                if(selected_menu == i)
+                {
+                    wattroff(win,A_STANDOUT);
+                }
+                wrefresh(win);
+            }
+        }
+
+        void handleTrigger(char trigger)
+        {
+            selected_menu = -1;
+            for(int i = 0; i < num_menus; i++)
+            { 
+                if(trigger == this->menus[i].trigger)
+                {
+                    selected_menu = i;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        WINDOW *win;
+        Menu *menus;
+        int num_menus;
+        int selected_menu;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tui.cpp b/tui.cpp
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+++ b/tui.cpp
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <curses.h>
+#include "menu.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    initscr();
+    noecho();
+    curs_set(0);
+
+    int yMax, xMax;
+
+    getmaxyx(stdscr, yMax, xMax);
+
+    WINDOW *win = newwin(yMax/2, xMax/2, yMax/4, xMax/4);
+    box(win,0,0);
+
+    Menu menus[3] = {
+        Menu("File",'f'),
+        Menu("Edit",'e'),
+        Menu("Options",'o'),
+    };
+
+    MenuBar menubar = MenuBar(win, menus, 3);
+    menubar.draw();
+
+    char ch;
+    while(ch = wgetch(win))
+    {
+       menubar.handleTrigger(ch);
+       menubar.draw();
+    }
+
+
+    endwin();
+    return 0;
+}