_setcursortype

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Header File

conio.h

Category

Console I/O Routines

Prototype

void _setcursortype(int cur_t);

Description

Selects cursor appearance.

Sets the cursor type to

_NOCURSOR	Turns off the cursor
_NORMALCURSOR	Normal underscore cursor
_SOLIDCURSOR	Solid block cursor

Note: Do not use this function in Win32 GUI applications.

Return Value

None.

Example

#include <conio.h>
int main( )
{
  // tell the user what to do
  clrscr();
  cputs("Press any key three times.\n\r");
  cputs("Each time the cursor will change shape.\n\r");
  gotoxy(1,5);           // show a solid cursor
  cputs("Now the cursor is solid.\n\r");
  _setcursortype(_SOLIDCURSOR);
  while(!kbhit()) {};         // wait to proceed
  getch();
  gotoxy(1,5);           // remove the cursor
  cputs("Now the cursor is gone.");
  clreol();
  gotoxy(1,6);
  _setcursortype(_NOCURSOR);
  while(!kbhit()) {};         // wait to proceed
  getch();
  gotoxy(1,5);                 // show a normal cursor
  cputs("Now the cursor is normal.");
  clreol();
  gotoxy(1,6);
  _setcursortype(_NORMALCURSOR);
  while(!kbhit()) {};         // wait to proceed
  getch();
  clrscr();
  return(0);
}

Portability

POSIX	Win32	ANSI C	ANSI C++
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