move(3XCURSES) X/Open Curses Library Functions move(3XCURSES)NAME
move, wmove - move cursor in window
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib \
-R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ]
c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]
#include <curses.h>
int move(int y, int x);
int wmove(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);
PARAMETERS
y Is the y (row) coordinate of the position of
the cursor in the window.
x Is the x (column) coordinate of the position of
the cursor in the window.
win Is a pointer to the window in which the cursor
is to be written.
DESCRIPTION
The move() function moves the logical cursor (for stdscr) to the posi‐
tion specified by y (row) and x (column), where the upper left corner
of the window is row 0, column 0. The wmove() function performs the
same action, but moves the cursor in the window specified by win.
The physical cursor will not move until after a call to
refresh(3XCURSES) or doupdate(3XCURSES).
RETURN VALUES
On success, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.
ERRORS
None.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Standard │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │Unsafe │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOdoupdate(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.10 5 Jun 2002 move(3XCURSES)
