# REPL.TerminalMenus RadioMenu pre-selected option distinct from first one

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [January 4, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-terminalmenus-radiomenu-pre-selected-option-distinct-from-first-one/108345 "2024-01-04T14:13:13Z")\
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Hi there,  
Does the RadioMenu command from the REPL.TerminalMenus module have an argument that allows, for convenience, to have the default pre-selected option different from the first one? I mean something like:

```julia
orange
> apple
grape

```

instead of:

```julia
> orange
apple
grape

```

Thanks

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**Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-terminalmenus-radiomenu-pre-selected-option-distinct-from-first-one/108345/2 "2024-01-04T14:21:53Z")

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Yes, if you’re using Julia 1.6 or later.

```julia
julia> using REPL.TerminalMenus

help?> request
search: request

  request(m::AbstractMenu; cursor=1)

  Display the menu and enter interactive mode. cursor indicates the item number
  used for the initial cursor position. cursor can be either an Int or a
  RefValue{Int}. The latter is useful for observation and control of the cursor
  position from the outside.

  Returns selected(m).

  │ Julia 1.6
  │
  │ The cursor argument requires Julia 1.6 or later.

  ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  request([term,] msg::AbstractString, m::AbstractMenu)

  Shorthand for println(msg); request(m).

julia> r = RadioMenu(["orange", "apple", "grape"]);

julia> request(r, cursor = 2)
   orange
 > apple
   grape

```