menu.py

import urwid

choices = u"""When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide.  Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride.  Till I get to the bottom and I see you again.  Yeah yeah yeah hey.  
Do you, don't you want me to love you.  I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you.  Tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the answer.  Well you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer.  
Now helter skelter helter skelter.  Helter skelter yeah.  Ooh!  
Will you, won't you want me to make you.  I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you.  Tell me tell me tell me the answer.  You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer.  
Look out helter skelter helter skelter.  Helter skelter ooh.  
Look out, cos here she comes.  
When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide.  And I stop and I turn and I go for a ride.  And I get to the bottom and I see you again.  Yeah yeah yeah.  
Well do you, don't you want me to make you.  I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you.  Tell me tell me tell me the answer.  You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer.  
Look out helter skelter helter skelter.  Helter skelter.  
Look out helter skelter.  She's coming down fast.  Yes she is.  Yes she is coming down fast.""".split('\n')

def menu(title, choices):
    body = [urwid.Text(('banner', title), align='center'), urwid.Divider()]

    for i, c in enumerate(choices):
        button = urwid.Button(c)
        urwid.connect_signal(button, 'click', item_chosen, c)
        body.append(urwid.AttrMap(button, ('odd', 'even')[i%2], focus_map='higlighted'))
    return urwid.ListBox(urwid.SimpleFocusListWalker(body))

def item_chosen(button, choice):
    #from pudb import set_trace; set_trace()
    main_menu.body[main_menu.body.focus] = urwid.AttrMap(button, 'used', focus_map='higlighted')
    main_menu.body.set_focus(main_menu.body.next_position(main_menu.body.get_focus()[1]))
    main_menu.body._modified()
    pass

def exit_program(button):
    raise urwid.ExitMainLoop()

main_menu = menu(u'Helter Skelter', choices)
main = urwid.Padding(main_menu, left=2, right=2)
palette=[
    ('higlighted', 'black', 'dark red'),
    ('used', 'black', 'dark blue'),
    ('odd', 'light gray', 'black'),
    ('even', 'light gray', 'dark gray'),]
urwid.MainLoop(main, palette).run()