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direction={horizontal|vertical}
The direction in which to display and arrange menu items. This option
only applies when the value of the “columns” option is more than 1 since
a single column has no sense of direction other than vertical.
horizontal
The items will be displayed in order left-to-right first, then vertical.
vertical
The items will be displayed top-to-bottom first, then left-to-right.
In other words, the following graphic on the left is done using horizontal
direction while the one on the right uses vertical.
ABC ADG
DEF BEH
GHI CF I
The default is “horizontal.”
Options for Adding/Updating Custom Menu Items
range=1-32
The index of the custom menu to add menu items to. Either the “range”
or “name” option can be specified to add or update menu items for a
particular menu.
name=string
The name of the custom menu to add or update menu items for. This
option can be used rather than “range.” If the string contains spaces,
enclose it in double quotes.
item=1-32
The index of the menu item to add or update. There are a maximum of
32 menu items for a particular custom menu and are indexed 1 to 32.
key=key
The key to assign to the menu item. This key is displayed on the custom
menu next to the “label” value, and is used to select the particular menu
item. The user presses this key to select the corresponding menu item.
The key must be unique to the custom menu, so that no two menu items
for the same custom menu share the same key. The keys assigned to the
global settings for “quit_key” and “previous_key” are reserved, and may
not be assigned to a menu item.
label=string
The text displayed on the custom menu next to the “key” value that
describes the action that the menu item will take. When using multiple
columns with a custom menu (specified by the “columns” option), it is in
the best interest to keep these strings short in length to avoid scrolling. If
the string contains spaces, enclose it in double quotes.