C# Console CursorLeft

Description

Console CursorLeft gets or sets the column position of the cursor within the buffer area.

Syntax

Console.CursorLeft has the following syntax.


public static int CursorLeft { get; set; }

Example

Gets or sets the column position of the cursor within the buffer area. This example demonstrates the CursorLeft and CursorTop properties , and the SetCursorPosition and Clear methods.


using System;//w  w  w.  ja  v a2 s  . c om

class Sample 
{
    protected static int origRow;
    protected static int origCol;

    protected static void WriteAt(string s, int x, int y)
    {
        try{
            Console.SetCursorPosition(origCol+x, origRow+y);
            Console.Write(s);
        }catch (ArgumentOutOfRangeException e){
            Console.Clear();
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
        }
    }

    public static void Main() 
    {
        Console.Clear();
        origRow = Console.CursorTop;
        origCol = Console.CursorLeft;
    
        WriteAt("+", 0, 1);
    }
}