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authorNinchester <5041877+ninchester@users.noreply.github.com>2021-03-20 21:41:56 +0100
committerNinchester <5041877+ninchester@users.noreply.github.com>2021-03-20 21:41:56 +0100
commit9f87b6963d6b195c35891366cbd5421324a593e3 (patch)
tree90e2aee91121aae1e6de03f7b45b2c5dd139ffcc
parente209767d13bb8887ad7449cab59501fdc0eb4f77 (diff)
Print options in columns
-rw-r--r--archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py18
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py b/archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py
index b9689d05..b3baebf8 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py
@@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ def get_password(prompt="Enter a password: "):
return passwd
return None
+def print_large_list(options, padding=5, margin_bottom=0, separator=': '):
+ longest_line = len(str(len(options))) + len(separator) + get_longest_option(options) + padding
+ num_of_columns = get_terminal_width() // longest_line
+ max_options_in_cells = num_of_columns * (get_terminal_height()-margin_bottom)
+
+ if (len(options) > max_options_in_cells):
+ for index, option in enumerate(options):
+ print(f"{index}: {option}")
+ else:
+ for row in range(0, (get_terminal_height()-margin_bottom)):
+ for column in range(row, len(options), (get_terminal_height()-margin_bottom)):
+ spaces = " "*(longest_line - len(options[column]))
+ print(f"{str(column+1).zfill(2)}{separator}{options[column]}", end = spaces)
+ print()
+
def ask_for_superuser_account(prompt='Create a required super-user with sudo privileges: ', forced=False):
while 1:
new_user = input(prompt).strip(' ')
@@ -279,8 +294,7 @@ def select_mirror_regions(mirrors, show_top_mirrors=True):
selected_mirrors = {}
if len(regions) >= 1:
- for index, region in enumerate(regions):
- print(f"{index}: {region}")
+ print_large_list(regions)
print(' -- You can enter ? or help to search for more regions --')
print(' -- You can skip this step by leaving the option blank --')