How to set text cursor at coordinate?

D.D.K-2637 966

Hi,

Let's say I have text strings as shown. how do I move cursor to the specify characters?

The boxes can be controls in an application example mfc, chrome,...

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I tried using SetConsoleCursorPosition but the result always returns 0, is that the right approach?

Thanks you.

Junjie Zhu - MSFT 21,731 Reputation points

2023-01-23T07:59:21.5233333+00:00

Hello @D.D.K-2637 ,

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SetConsoleCursorPosition is for console screen buffer.
D.D.K-2637 966 Reputation points

2023-01-23T12:08:04.92+00:00

Hi @Junjie Zhu - MSFT ,

Thank you

I will try another approach.

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Castorix31 91,506 Reputation points

2023-01-23T09:33:19.6066667+00:00

It can be done with IUIAutomation and MoveEndpointByUnit

Test with Edit control of Notepad, position 10 :
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D.D.K-2637 966 Reputation points

2023-01-23T12:06:17.98+00:00

Hi @Castorix31 ,

Thank you !

This seems to be what I need. I will start with this .
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