func main() { stdscr, err := gc.Init() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer gc.End() // Turn off character echo, hide the cursor and disable input buffering gc.Echo(false) gc.CBreak(true) gc.Cursor(0) stdscr.Print("Use arrow keys to move the window. Press 'q' to exit") stdscr.NoutRefresh() // Determine the center of the screen and offset those coordinates by // half of the window size we are about to create. These coordinates will // be used to move our window around the screen rows, cols := stdscr.MaxYX() height, width := 5, 10 y, x := (rows-height)/2, (cols-width)/2 // Create a new window centered on the screen and enable the use of the // keypad on it so the arrow keys are available var win *gc.Window win, err = gc.NewWindow(height, width, y, x) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } win.Keypad(true) main: for { // Clear the section of screen where the box is currently located so // that it is blanked by calling Erase on the window and refreshing it // so that the chances are sent to the virtual screen but not actually // output to the terminal win.Erase() win.NoutRefresh() // Move the window to it's new location (if any) and redraw it win.MoveWindow(y, x) win.Box(0, 0) win.NoutRefresh() // Update will flush only the characters which have changed between the // physical screen and the virtual screen, minimizing the number of // characters which must be sent gc.Update() // In order for the window to display correctly, we must call GetChar() // on it rather than stdscr switch win.GetChar() { case 'q': break main case gc.KEY_LEFT: if x > 0 { x-- } case gc.KEY_RIGHT: if x < cols-width { x++ } case gc.KEY_UP: if y > 1 { y-- } case gc.KEY_DOWN: if y < rows-height { y++ } } } win.Delete() }