How do I control through the userinterface (inventory, stats, menu, etc) with gamepad?

Hello and first, sorry for my english - i hope you understand what i want to know ;)

My question is:

How do I control through the userinterface (inventory, stats, menu, etc) with gamepad?

So how can i realize it, that there's an "selection-sprite" and on d-pad this "selection" jumps to the next object, previous, left, right, etc.

Like any controls in JPRGs as Final Fantasy etc.

Thanks and greetings from Austria :)