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.\" $Id: curs_move.3x,v 1.63 2025/04/05 22:08:55 tom Exp $
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.SH NAME
\fB\%move\fP,
\fB\%wmove\fP \-
move cursor in a \fIcurses\fR window
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <curses.h>
.PP
\fBint move(int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP);
\fBint wmove(WINDOW * \fIwin\fP, int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B \%wmove
relocates the cursor associated with the
.I curses
window
.I win
to line
.I y
and column
.IR x .
The terminal's cursor does not move until \fB\%refresh\fP(3X) is called.
The position
.RI ( y ,
.IR x )
is relative to the upper left-hand corner of the window,
which has coordinates
(0,\ 0).
.B move
similarly moves the cursor in the
.B \%stdscr
window.
.SH RETURN VALUE
These functions return
.B OK
on success and
.B ERR
on failure.
In
.IR \%ncurses ,
these functions fail if
.bP
the
.I curses
screen has not been initialized,
.bP
(for
.BR \%wmove ")"
.I win
is a null pointer,
or
.bP
the position
.RI ( y ,
.IR x )
is outside the window boundaries.
.SH NOTES
.B \%move
may be implemented as a macro.
.SH PORTABILITY
X/Open Curses Issue\ 4 describes these functions.
It specifies no error conditions for them.
.PP
SVr4 describes a successful return value only as
\*(``an integer value other than
.IR ERR \*(''. \" Courier roman in source; SVID 4, vol. 3, p. 503
.SH HISTORY
4BSD (1980)
introduced these functions.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
\fB\%curs_refresh\fP(3X)