.Net library for console menu driven app

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I was wondering if anyone knew of a library for .net console apps that handled all the menuing functionality. I know its not that complex and I can just use Console.WriteLine("..."); to write text then do Console.ReadLine();, but am just curious if anyone knows of something existing that would handle the menuing. I'm likely to need submenus which would make the code complex.

(Don't ask why I have to do this...)

This was 4 years ago. I forgot. – Tim Coker Aug 05 '14 at 16:09 — Tim Coker, Aug 05 '14 at 16:09

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 12 '20 at 15:47

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You could also use Terminal.Gui for a console driven GUI.

I added this for reference purposes only, while searching for "Terminal.Gui" I stumbled upon this question.

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answered Sep 12 '20 at 15:47

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score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 30 '22 at 19:41

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There is a C# binding to the nCurses library, found here. It is an API that helps with writing text based interfaces.

If you are simply looking for command line parameter parsing - commandline is a good library for that.

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answered Jul 26 '10 at 19:02

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@Tim Coker - I hope I understood your question correctly... I assumed that when you say `menu` in a console app, you need a whole text based interface :) – Oded Jul 26 '10 at 19:08
Yup. Probably overkill for what I'm actually doing, but it'll work. I saw a few curses implementations for windows, but didn't find one with good c# integration. – Tim Coker Jul 26 '10 at 19:16

Lernkurve · Answer 3 · 2022-10-27T08:55:29.263

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You could use the NuGet library called Spectre.Console.

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 02 '18 at 00:27

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I recommend checking out EasyConsole.

Has a Nuget package and supports complex menu nesting.

answered Feb 02 '18 at 00:27

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This seems mostly stale for years. Recently I tried to use .Net Core DI to create objects. But very difficult. – Joy George Kunjikkuru Jul 24 '22 at 23:55

.Net library for console menu driven app

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