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  upper
       left-hand  corner  of  the  window, which has coordinates (0, 0).  move similarly moves the cursor in the
       stdscr window.

RETURN VALUE

       These functions return OK on success and ERR on failure.  In ncurses, these functions fail if

       •   the curses screen has not been initialized,

       •   (for wmove) win is a null pointer, or

       •   the position (y, x) is outside the window boundaries.

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                                        2025-04-05                                     move(3NCURSES)