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# Rich Interactive Widgets for Terminal UIs
[](https://godoc.org/github.com/rivo/tview)
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This Go package provides commonly needed components for terminal based user interfaces.
Among these components are:
- __Input forms__ (include __input/password fields__ , __drop-down selections__ , __checkboxes__ , and __buttons__ )
- Navigable multi-color __text views__
- Sophisticated navigable __table views__
- Selectable __lists__
- __Grid__, __Flexbox__ and __page layouts__
- Modal __message windows__
- An __application__ wrapper
They come with lots of customization options and can be easily extended to fit your needs.
## Installation
```bash
go get github.com/rivo/tview
```
## Hello World
This basic example creates a box titled "Hello, World!" and displays it in your terminal:
```go
package main
import (
"github.com/rivo/tview"
)
func main() {
box := tview.NewBox().SetBorder(true).SetTitle("Hello, world!")
if err := tview.NewApplication().SetRoot(box, true).Run(); err != nil {
panic(err)
}
}
```
Check out the [GitHub Wiki ](https://github.com/rivo/tview/wiki ) for more examples along with screenshots. Or try the examples in the "demos" subdirectory.
For a presentation highlighting this package, compile and run the program found in the "demos/presentation" subdirectory.
## Documentation
Refer to https://godoc.org/github.com/rivo/tview for the package's documentation.
## Dependencies
This package is based on [maunium.net/go/tcell ](https://maunium.net/go/tcell ) (and its dependencies).
## Your Feedback
Add your issue here on GitHub. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
## Version History
(There are no corresponding tags in the project. I only keep such a history in this README.)
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- v0.14 (2018-04-13)
- Added an `Escape()` function which keep strings like color or region tags from being recognized as such.
- Added `ANSIIWriter()` and `TranslateANSII()` which convert ANSII escape sequences to `tview` color tags.
- v0.13 (2018-04-01)
- Added background colors and text attributes to color tags.
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- v0.12 (2018-03-13)
- Added "suspended mode" to `Application` .
- v0.11 (2018-03-02)
- Added a `RemoveItem()` function to `Grid` and `Flex` .
- v0.10 (2018-02-22)
- Direct access to the `screen` object through callback in `Box` (i.e. for all primitives).
- v0.9 (2018-02-20)
- Introduced `Grid` layout.
- Direct access to the `screen` object through callbacks in `Application` .
- v0.8 (2018-01-17)
- Color tags can now be used almost everywhere.
- v0.7 (2018-01-16)
- Forms can now also have a horizontal layout.
- v0.6 (2018-01-14)
- All primitives can now intercept all key events when they have focus.
- Key events can also be intercepted globally (changed to a more general, consistent handling)
- v0.5 (2018-01-13)
- `TextView` now has word wrapping and text alignment
- v0.4 (2018-01-12)
- `TextView` now accepts color tags with any W3C color (including RGB hex values).
- Support for wide unicode characters.
- v0.3 (2018-01-11)
- Added masking to `InputField` and password entry to `Form` .
- v0.2 (2018-01-10)
- Added `Styles` variable with default colors for primitives.
- Completed some missing InputField functions.
- v0.1 (2018-01-06)
- First Release.
