'C++ NCurses how to get current cursor position?

How do I get the current position of the cursor in terminal with NCurses using C++? I searched around a bit and saw "getxy(int x, int y)". I tried that and got the error "'getxy' was not declared in this scope".

c++linuxncursescursor-position


Solution 1:[1]

You might have forgotten some #include <ncurses.h> and the macro is spelled getyx

Don't forget to compile with g++ -Wall -g and to link with -lncurses

Solution 2:[2]

getyx(WINDOW *win,int y,int x);

not getxy().

Solution 3:[3]

This function only allow you to set the cursor to position, you should look at the getmouse function to get the mouse event.

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Solution 1 Basile Starynkevitch
Solution 2 Joe Jevnik
Solution 3 Sleey

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