# Generic Menu Navigation Sounds

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/generic-menu-navigation-sounds/12767>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [October 20, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/generic-menu-navigation-sounds/12767 "2016-10-20T07:07:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![harald921](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@harald921](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/harald921)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/generic-menu-navigation-sounds/12767/1 "2016-10-20T07:07:53Z")

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So, this is more of a question than a suggestion really.

Would it be possible, the way UI is handled right now, to have sounds for navigating the different menus? Like a “tick” for going up or down in the inventory, a “boop” for choosing an item, etc. I am kind of imagining the Fallout pip-boy sounds.

Also, would it be possible to create sounds for dropping items / picking items up?

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**Author:** ![leland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/leland/32/1275_2.png) [@leland](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/leland)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/generic-menu-navigation-sounds/12767/2 "2016-11-18T17:13:24Z")

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Completely agree. The only menu in the game that supports navigation sounds is the home screen’s main menu.

We’d essentially need to get the sfx::play\_variant\_sound (which is used on the main menu, as mentioned, and also for explosions, movement, etc) bit added throughout the code to allow hooking into various navigation effects.

I would looove this. I think it adds a lot of polish.

My wishlist for separate sounds would be: switching between different panes of a view, for moving up and down a list, for starting a game (whether through a load, a new game, beginning a tutorial, etc), and for deleting a world/game. I know jack all about C++ but I may wind up submitting a PR if I can get it figured out.