Source Code File 11-07_movewin

11-07_movewin.c

#include <ncurses.h>
   
int main()
{
    WINDOW *alpha;

    initscr();
    refresh();

    /* configure color */
    start_color();
    init_pair(1,COLOR_WHITE,COLOR_GREEN);

    /* create window */
    alpha = newwin(7,20,3,10);
    if( alpha==NULL )
    {
        endwin();
        puts("Unable to create window");
        return(1);
    }

    /* put text on alpha */
    wbkgd(alpha,COLOR_PAIR(1));
    mvwaddstr(alpha,1,2,"Window Alpha");
    wrefresh(alpha);
    getch();

    /* move window alpha */
    mvwin(alpha,10,43);
    mvwaddstr(alpha,2,2,"Moved!");
    wrefresh(alpha);
    getch();

    endwin();
    return(0);
}

Output Screenshot

(Click image to see result.)

Notes

* The original Window Alpha stays on the screen in the output screenshot (above). If you update the code, per directions in the text, then the original window vanishes when the moved window appears.

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