C#•14mo ago

❔ How to display text below console.Readline

How do I accomplish this layout?

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Pobiega•14mo ago

Console.WriteLine(); creates a blank line

NadekaiOP•14mo ago

That's not the problem, the proble is I need to get user input line above. While also displaying the bottom line.

Pobiega•14mo ago

how is that a problem?

NadekaiOP•14mo ago

Because I have no idea how to do that

Pobiega•14mo ago

Show me your current code

NadekaiOP•14mo ago

There is nothing there.

Pobiega•14mo ago

or do you mean printing that line before the readline?

NadekaiOP•14mo ago

Exactly

Thinker•14mo ago

Write out all the text and then set the cursor position

Pobiega•14mo ago

yeah write hi set cursor position write "you msut enter name" set cursor position write "enter your name: " take input

NadekaiOP•14mo ago

uh... how do I do that?

Angius•14mo ago

The specific layout you posted

Angius•14mo ago

No need for any cursor shenanigans Just good ol' Console.Write()

Pobiega•14mo ago

nah, they want the "you must enter name" to be printed WHEN its asking for input

NadekaiOP•14mo ago

Yep

Angius•14mo ago

Ah Then, yeah, cursor shenanigans

Pobiega•14mo ago

thats how you move the cursor around

NadekaiOP•14mo ago

Alright

Pobiega•14mo ago

the values are just random numbers, not the ones you need

NadekaiOP•14mo ago

Thanks!

ZacharyPatten•14mo ago

it can be easier to store the position you wantthe cursor to be rather than having to manually supply it yourself:

Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
Console.Write("Enter some text: ");
var pos = Console.GetCursorPosition();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("some text...");
Console.SetCursorPosition(pos.Left, pos.Top);
string input = Console.ReadLine();

Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
Console.Write("Enter some text: ");
var pos = Console.GetCursorPosition();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("some text...");
Console.SetCursorPosition(pos.Left, pos.Top);
string input = Console.ReadLine();

in the above code, it prints all the stuff up until the user input in needed, then it grabs the current cursor position, then prints the rest of the output, then sets the cursor back to the position we captured This way you don't have to manually progam 123 Left, and 123 Top... etc

ZacharyPatten•14mo ago

--- however, in general this is not an ideal way to handle input.

ZacharyPatten•14mo ago

Console.ReadLine allows long input and wraps text around also, if the user changes the size of the window, they can change the current view changing hte view can cause the text to wrap and thus change cursor positions --- I can suggest some alternatives, but depending on what you are making, spending a lot of time just to have text after a ReadLine might not be worth it

Accord•14mo ago

Was this issue resolved? If so, run /close - otherwise I will mark this as stale and this post will be archived until there is new activity.

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❔ How to display text below console.Readline