_setcursortype

raw OCR

Selects cursor appearance.

Defined in header <conio.h>

Syntax

#include <conio.h>
void _setcursortype(int cur_t);

Portability

DOS	UNIX	Windows	ANSI C	C++ only
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Remarks

Sets the cursor type to

_NOCURSOR	Turns off the cursor
_SOLIDCURSOR	SoHd block cursor
NORMALCURSOR	Normal underscore cursor

Return value

None.

Example

#include <conio.h>

int main(void)
{
   /* display the normal cursor */
   cprintf("\n\rNormal Cursor:  ");
   getchO ;

   /* turn off the cursor */
   _setcursortype(_NOCURSOR);
   cprintf("\n\rNo Cursor     : ");
   getchO ;
   /* switch to a solid cursor */
   _setcursortype (_SOLIDCURSOR);
   cprintf("\n\rSolid Cursor  : ");
   getchO;

   /* switch back to the normal cursor  */
   _setcursortype (_NORMALCURSOR);
   cprintf("\n\rNormal Cursor:  ");
getchO
return

Differences from modern implementations

Nothing recorded yet.

Modern references

Microsoft C runtime (search)

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Stable link: /3.1/conio.h/_setcursortype/ · short form /3.1/_setcursortype/