Dropdown

Name: ConnectOnion
Author: ConnectOnion

Selection list component for autocomplete menus

Quick Start

main.py
python
from connectonion.tui import Dropdown, DropdownItem

# Create items
items = [
    DropdownItem(display="/today", value="/today", description="Daily briefing"),
    DropdownItem(display="/inbox", value="/inbox", description="Show emails"),
]

# Create dropdown and set its items
dropdown = Dropdown(max_visible=5, show_icons=True)
dropdown.set_items(items)

DropdownItem

Structured item with rich metadata:

Simple Item

main.py
python
from connectonion.tui import DropdownItem

# Simple item
item = DropdownItem(display="/today", value="/today")

With Description

main.py
python
item = DropdownItem(
    display="/today",
    value="/today",
    description="Daily email briefing",
    icon="📅"
)

Contact Style

main.py
python
item = DropdownItem(
    display="Davis Baer",
    value="davis@oneupapp.io",
    description="davis@oneupapp.io",
    subtitle="OneUp · founder",
    icon="👤"
)

API

DropdownItem

main.py
python
DropdownItem(
    display: str,          # Main text to show
    value: Any,            # Value returned when selected
    score: int = 0,        # Match score for sorting
    positions: list = [],  # Matched char positions (for highlighting)
    description: str = "", # Secondary text
    subtitle: str = "",    # Third line
    icon: str = "",        # Left icon (emoji)
    style: str = "",       # Rich style
)

Dropdown

main.py
python
Dropdown(
    max_visible: int = 8,   # Max items shown at once
    show_icons: bool = True,
)

# Populate/replace items after construction:
dropdown.set_items(items: list[DropdownItem])
dropdown.clear()

# Navigate and read selection:
dropdown.down() / dropdown.up()
dropdown.selected_value      # currently selected item's value
dropdown.selected_display    # currently selected item's display text
dropdown.is_empty            # True if no items