$menu->selection_fgcolor("RED");

thus: 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Term::ANSIMenu;
my $menu = Term::ANSIMenu->new(
   width  => 40,
   help   => [['', \&standard_help],
              ['hint 1', \&help_item],
              [ undef, \&standard_help],
              ['hint 3', undef]
             ],
   title  => 'title',
   items  => [['1', 'First menu item', \&exec_item],
              ['2', 'This string is just too long to fit in a normal t
+erminal and thus it will be clipped.'],
              ['3', '', sub { system "man man" }]
             ],
   status => 'status',
   prompt => 'prompt: '
);

$menu->selection_fgcolor("RED");

$menu->print_menu();

while (my $key = $menu->read_key()) {
    last unless defined $menu->do_key($key);
    $menu->update_status('') if $key eq 'S';
    $menu->update_status('New status') if $key eq 's';
    $menu->update_prompt('') if $key eq 'P';
    $menu->update_prompt('New prompt: ') if $key eq 'p';
}
$menu->pos($menu->line_after_menu() + 1, 1);

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The documentation is pretty clear:

Attributes can be accessed by using a method that will function as both a accessor and a mutator.

Thus you can read it like this: $thefgcolor = $menu->selection_fgcolor();

Its value can be changed like this:

$menu->selection_fgcolor($newfgcolor);

edit: tabs to spaces: A bit less indentation...

In reply to Re: Term::ANSIMenu help by FreeBeerReekingMonk
in thread Term::ANSIMenu help by PerlTwo

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