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TuiWin32InputMode

Returns the Windows console input mode that Enter would set for given options.

Syntax

TuiWin32InputMode( byval current as DWORD, byval opts as TuiTermOptions ) as DWORD

Description

Windows only. The console input mode Enter will install, as a pure function of the mode it found and the options asked for -- so it can be asserted without a console. It exists because of a defect: QuickEdit is on by default in most Windows consoles and CONSUMES EVERY MOUSE EVENT for text selection, and clearing ENABLE_QUICK_EDIT_MODE is silently ignored unless ENABLE_EXTENDED_FLAGS is set in the same call. The mouse never worked at all until this was found.

Example

#import "std/tui"
using tui

#ifdef __FB_WIN32__
    dim as DWORD found = ENABLE_LINE_INPUT or ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT or _
                         ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT or ENABLE_QUICK_EDIT_MODE

    dim as TuiTermOptions o = TuiTermOptionsDefault( )
    o.mouse = TRUE
    dim as DWORD m = TuiWin32InputMode( found, o )

    print ( m and ENABLE_MOUSE_INPUT ) <> 0 '' -1 (true)
    print ( m and ENABLE_EXTENDED_FLAGS ) <> 0 '' -1 (true)  -- or the next line
    print ( m and ENABLE_QUICK_EDIT_MODE ) = 0 '' -1 (true)  -- is ignored
    print ( m and ENABLE_LINE_INPUT ) = 0 '' -1 (true)  -- raw

    '' QuickEdit is the USER'S setting: without mouse it is left alone
    o.mouse = FALSE
    print ( TuiWin32InputMode( found, o ) and ENABLE_QUICK_EDIT_MODE ) <> 0
#endif

See also

TuiTerminal	TuiTerminal.IsActive	TuiTerminal.DetectCaps	TuiTerminal.Flush
TuiTerminal.Enter	TuiTerminal.Size	TuiTerminal.Write	TuiTerminal.Discard
TuiTerminal.Leave	TuiTerminal.Caps	TuiTerminal.WriteText	TuiTerminal.Pending

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Library: Terminal TUI Library
Category: Terminal TUI Library
Documented under: Terminal
Working examples: hello.tiko · form.tiko · dashboard.tiko

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