How can I hide the cursor in ncurses?

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fouric picture fouric · Sep 16, 2013 · Viewed 35.1k times · Source

I am writing ncurses programs in C and C++. I have not found a way to conceal the cursor to the user. I have looked around on the internet a bit, but most of the information that I have found either concerns Python/Ruby implementations of (n)curses or doesn't actually concern the hiding of the cursor. How may I accomplish my goal?

Answer

parkydr picture parkydr · Sep 17, 2013

You need curs_set(0)

To quote the man page:

The curs_set routine sets the cursor state to invisible, normal, or very visible for visibility equal to 0, 1, or 2 respectively. If the terminal supports the visibility requested, the previous cursor state is returned; otherwise, ERR is returned.

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