FlagConsole is a library for .NET, written in C#, that helps to build text-based console application interfaces. It provides controls like panel, textfield, list view, menu and label. It also offers drawing capabilitys for rectangles, lines and ellipses/circles.
FlagConsole is available via NuGet! http://nuget.org/List/Packages/FlagConsole
FlagConsole tries to make everything as simple as possible and offers the following features:
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Control: The control class is the base class for all other controls. It is extendable to create custom controls.
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Label: A label can have a text and wraps this text into its drawing area.
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ListView: A list view can have multiple entries that are displayed among each other.
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Menu: The menu control looks like a ListView, but lets the user navigate through the items with the keyboard and select an item when pressing the enter key.
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Panel: A panel can contain multiple other controls that can be placed relative to the panel, so that not every control has to be manually arranged when changing the position.
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Screen: The screen is the topmost control and is responsible for updating and drawing its child controls. Think of it as a
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TextBox: A textbox is a highlighted input field and lets the user type text and submit it by pressing the enter key. The maximum length of the text can be restricted.
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Line: There are three line types: horizontal, vertical and generic. While the horizontal and vertical lines can be drawn very fast, the generic line is dynamic and can be drawn in every direction.
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Rectangle: There is support for drawing filled and unfilled rectangles.
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Ellipse and Circle: Ellipses and circels can easily be drawn. Support for filled ellipses and cricles will be added in the future.
The download section contains an demo application, that shows the FlagConsole library in action.
