move(3NCURSES) Library calls move(3NCURSES)
NAME
move, wmove - move cursor in a curses window
SYNOPSIS
#include <curses.h>
int move(int y, int x);
int wmove(WINDOW * win, int y, int x);
DESCRIPTION
wmove relocates the cursor associated with the curses window win to line
y and column x. The terminal's cursor does not move until
refresh(3NCURSES) is called. The position (y, x) is relative to the up-
per left-hand corner of the window, which has coordinates (0, 0).
ncurses(3NCURSES) describes the move variant of this function.
RETURN VALUE
These functions return OK on success and ERR on failure.
They fail if the position (y, x) is outside the window boundaries.
In ncurses, wmove fails if win is NULL.
NOTES
move may be implemented as a macro.
PORTABILITY
X/Open Curses Issue 4 describes these functions. It specifies no error
conditions for them.
SVr4 describes a successful return value only as “an integer value other
than ERR”.
HISTORY
4BSD (1980) introduced these functions.
SEE ALSO
ncurses(3NCURSES), refresh(3NCURSES)
ncurses 6.5 2025-02-01 move(3NCURSES)
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