- Named
choices separate display text from return values:
the names are the labels shown in the menu and the (unnamed) values are
what select(), checkbox(), and
menu() return. Character selected values match
the returned values first, then the labels. Unnamed vectors behave
exactly as before.
- New
descriptions parameter on select(),
checkbox(), and menu(): an optional per-choice
character vector rendered dim after each label as an aligned second
column, in both the live menu and the numbered fallback. Descriptions
are display-only and are never echoed or returned.
- The confirmation echo prints the plain label instead of passing it
through
{.val}. Labels that carry ANSI styling no longer
surface as literal \033[90m... text wrapped in quotes.
- New
echo parameter on select(),
checkbox(), and menu() to suppress the
confirmation summary after a completed selection.
- Numbered fallback menus truncate their rows to the console width,
matching the live menu.
- The one-time fallback notice no longer misattributes the cause: live
menus need both single-key input and ANSI escapes, and the fallback
engages when either is missing.
- Live menus no longer flicker while navigating: each keystroke
repaints the frame in one atomic write instead of erasing and redrawing
line by line, the text cursor is hidden while the menu is on screen, and
redraws are wrapped in synchronized-output guards for terminals that
support them.
- Esc now cancels live menus on every platform. Previously the key was
ignored and only
q cancelled.
- Menus fall back to numbered-prompt mode on terminals without ANSI
escape support, so single-key-capable but non-VT consoles (for example
legacy Windows consoles) no longer render a broken live menu.
- Menu symbols degrade to ASCII on non-UTF-8 terminals, and rendered
lines are truncated to the console width so wrapped rows cannot corrupt
the redraw.
select() now honors the preselected default in
non-interactive sessions.menu() validates max_visible and forwards
max_visible and allow_select_all to the
underlying menu.