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.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
.\" Portions Copyright (c) 1996, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
.TH menu_item_visible 3CURSES "31 Dec 1996" "SunOS 5.11" "Curses Library Functions"
.SH NAME
menu_item_visible, item_visible \- tell if menus item is visible
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR ... ] \fIfile\fR ... \fB-lmenu\fR  \fB -lcurses \fR [ \fIlibrary\fR .. ]
#include <menu.h>



\fBint\fR \fBitem_visible\fR(\fBITEM *\fR\fIitem\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
A menu item is visible if it currently appears in the subwindow of a posted menu. \fBitem_visible()\fR returns \fBTRUE\fR if \fIitem\fR is visible, otherwise it returns \fBFALSE\fR.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
MT-LevelUnsafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBcurses\fR(3CURSES), \fBmenus\fR(3CURSES), \fBmenu_new\fR(3CURSES), \fBattributes\fR(5)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
The header \fB<menu.h>\fR automatically includes the headers  \fB<eti.h>\fR and \fB<curses.h>\fR\&.