Setting the Cursor Position in a Win32 Console Application

Question

How can I set the cursor position in a Win32 Console application? Preferably, I would like to avoid making a handle and using the Windows Console Functions. (I spent all m

Answer 1

See SetConsoleCursorPosition API

Edit:

Use WriteConsoleOutputCharacter() which takes the handle to your active buffer in console and also lets you set its position.

int x = 5; int y = 6;
COORD pos = {x, y};
HANDLE hConsole_c = CreateConsoleScreenBuffer( GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, CONSOLE_TEXTMODE_BUFFER, NULL);
SetConsoleActiveScreenBuffer(hConsole_c);
char *str = "Some Text\r\n";
DWORD len = strlen(str);
DWORD dwBytesWritten = 0;
WriteConsoleOutputCharacter(hConsole_c, str, len, pos, &dwBytesWritten);
CloseHandle(hConsole_c);