Powershell text based menu that makes you punch your selection in

text_menu.ps1

# Resize Function
# https://blogs.msmvps.com/russel/2017/04/28/resizing-the-powershell-console/
# Thank Charlie Russel!!!
function ResizeMeSenpai {
    [CmdletBinding()] Param( 
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $False, Position = 0)] 
        [int] $Height = 40, 
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $False, Position = 1)]
        [int] $Width = 120 ) 
    $Console = $host.ui.rawui 
    $Buffer = $Console.BufferSize 
    $ConSize = $Console.WindowSize 
    If ($Buffer.Width -gt $Width ) {
        # If the Buffer is wider than the new console setting, first reduce the buffer, then do the resize 
        $ConSize.Width = $Width 
        $Console.WindowSize = $ConSize 
    } 
    $Buffer.Width = $Width 
    $ConSize.Width = $Width 
    $Buffer.Height = 3000 
    $Console.BufferSize = $Buffer 
    $ConSize = $Console.WindowSize 
    $ConSize.Width = $Width 
    $ConSize.Height = $Height 
    $Console.WindowSize = $ConSize
}

# Below is basically https://gist.github.com/hapylestat/b940d13b7d272fb6105a1146ddcd4e2a

# Edits to DrawMenu, 
#   Give me multiple columns
#   

function DrawMenu { param ([array]$menuItems, $menuPosition, $menuTitle, $Columns=1, $BiggestBoi)

    $menuwidth = $menuTitle.length + 4
    Write-Host "`t" -NoNewLine;    Write-Host ("=" * $menuwidth)
    Write-Host "`t" -NoNewLine;    Write-Host " $menuTitle "
    Write-Host "`t" -NoNewLine;    Write-Host ("=" * $menuwidth)
    Write-Host ""
    $TheBeholder = ""
    $CurCol = 0
    $TheBorder = $BiggestBoi
    for ($i = 0; $i -le $menuItems.length;$i++) {
        
        if($CurCol -le $Columns){
            if ($menuItems[$i]) {
                $TheBeholder += "($i) $($menuItems[$i])".PadRight($TheBorder)
                
            }
        }
        if ($CurCol -eq $Columns){
            Write-Output "`t$($TheBeholder)"
            $TheBeholder = ""
            $CurCol = 0
        }
        else {$CurCol++}

    }
    # leading new line
    Write-Host ""
}

# This one is basically gutted, resizes window based on inputs

function Menu { param ([array]$menuItems, $menuTitle = "MENU")
    
    # We need to parse our list and find the longest entry
    $TheLongest = ($menuItems | % {$_.length } | Measure-Object -Maximum).Maximum
    ResizeMeSenpai -Height ($host.ui.RawUI.MaxPhysicalWindowSize.Height / 2) -Width ($TheLongest*4)


    DrawMenu $menuItems $pos $menuTitle 2 $TheLongest
    Write-Output $menuitems[(read-host "gimme gimme")]
}

# Some lorum For your Ipsum bud
$bad = ", consectetur adipisc", "finibus dui non, faucibu", "ceratsdf sdf", "retium", "risus pulvinar d", "etsdfsdf", "diam dapibu", "cus", "us ornare vel pulvin", "e magna faucibus posuere sed", "alesuada pell", "tis scelerisque eu ", "egestas faucibus at ", "gula commodo semper eget ve", "ellus ullamcorpe", "met elit vehicula, sed elementum metus"
Menu $bad "Select menu item"