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.Dd September 10, 1999
.Dt MENU_ITEM_CURRENT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm current_item ,
.Nm item_index ,
.Nm set_current_item ,
.Nm set_top_row
.Nm top_row
.Nd get or set item pointers or top row
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libmenu
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
.Ft ITEM *
.Fn current_item "MENU *menu"
.Ft int
.Fn item_index "ITEM *item"
.Ft int
.Fn set_current_item "MENU *menu" "ITEM *item"
.Ft int
.Fn set_top_row "MENU *menu" "int row"
.Ft int
.Fn top_row "MENU *menu"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn current_item
returns a pointer to the current menu item.  The
.Fn set_current_item
can be used to set this to the item give.  The
.Fn item_index
function returns the index number in the array of items for the item
pointed to by the
.Fa item
parameter.  The
.Fn set_top_row
function sets the top row of the menu displayed to be the row given.
The current item becomes the leftmost item of the top row.  The
.Fn top_row
call returns the row number that is currently at the top of the
displayed menu.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn current_item
returns NULL if no items are attached to the menu.
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width E_NOT_CONNECTED -compact
.It Er E_OK
The function was successful.
.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
One or more of the arguments passed to the function was incorrect.
.It Er E_BAD_STATE
The function was called from within an initialisation or termination
routine.
.It Er E_NOT_CONNECTED
The item is not connected to a menu.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr curses 3 ,
.Xr menus 3
.Sh NOTES
The header
.Pa \*[Lt]menu.h\*[Gt]
automatically includes both
.Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
and
.Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .