Show/Hide Cursor

[Isengardium]

Can anyone help me with showing/hiding cursor? I tried, but with no success. It would be wonderful if you could help me. P.S. Please, if anyone will be able to help me, write the entire code. Thanks in advance.

[whitenite1]

@Isengardium

Here's how I turn off the cursor. You'll notice, when I finish the program, I reset the cursor with setcursor(1,10);. Using different numbers instead of 10, will change the thickness of the flashing cursor. Try it out.

// Set Cursor.cpp : main project file.

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

void setcursor(bool, DWORD);

HANDLE console = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

void setcursor();

int main()
{
    cout << "Cursor ON for 10 seconds." << endl;
	for (int x= 0; x<10;x++)
	{
		Sleep(1000);
	}
	setcursor(0,0);
	cout << "Cursor OFF for 10 seconds." << endl;
	for (int x= 0; x<10;x++)
	{
		Sleep(1000);
	}
	cout << "Cursor is now back ON." << endl;
	setcursor(1,10);


    return 0;
}

void setcursor(bool visible, DWORD size) // set bool visible = 0 - invisible, bool visible = 1 - visible
{
	if(size == 0)
	{
		size = 20;	// default cursor size Changing to numbers from 1 to 20, decreases cursor width
	}
	CONSOLE_CURSOR_INFO lpCursor;	
	lpCursor.bVisible = visible;
	lpCursor.dwSize = size;
	SetConsoleCursorInfo(console,&lpCursor);
}

[o3hC5Di1]

Hi there,

I'm afraid you will have to be a bit more specific.
I'm assuming you're writing a GUI application (as opposed to console), so the least we'll need to know is which GUI framework you are using.

Thanks!

All the best,
NwN