[GH-ISSUE #892] Controlling position of cursor in InputField #650

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opened 2026-03-04 01:06:46 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-04 01:06:46 +03:00

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Originally created by @paololazzari on GitHub (Sep 28, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/rivo/tview/issues/892

Consider:

package main

import (
	"github.com/rivo/tview"
)

func main() {
	app := tview.NewApplication()
	inputField := tview.NewInputField().
		SetText(">>>>>> X <<<<<<")

	if err := app.SetRoot(inputField, true).SetFocus(inputField).Run(); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
}

how can I change the position of the cursor so that when I start typing it types right in the middle of the string (where X is) ?

Originally created by @paololazzari on GitHub (Sep 28, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/rivo/tview/issues/892 Consider: ```go package main import ( "github.com/rivo/tview" ) func main() { app := tview.NewApplication() inputField := tview.NewInputField(). SetText(">>>>>> X <<<<<<") if err := app.SetRoot(inputField, true).SetFocus(inputField).Run(); err != nil { panic(err) } } ``` how can I change the position of the cursor so that when I start typing it types right in the middle of the string (where X is) ?

kerem commented

2026-03-04 01:06:46 +03:00

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@paololazzari commented on GitHub (Sep 29, 2023):

Thanks @digitallyserviced ,

would it be unreasonable to request that SetCursorPos is added to tview ? Are there any reasons not to add this functionality?

@paololazzari commented on GitHub (Sep 29, 2023): Thanks @digitallyserviced , would it be unreasonable to request that `SetCursorPos` is added to `tview` ? Are there any reasons not to add this functionality?

kerem commented

2026-03-04 01:06:46 +03:00

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@rivo commented on GitHub (Sep 29, 2023):

would it be unreasonable to request that SetCursorPos is added to tview ? Are there any reasons not to add this functionality?

I'm planning on replacing the InputField "engine" with that of TextArea so we get all the TextArea functionality (e.g. copy+paste, selections, etc.) in InputField also. When that is done, it is conceivable that I add a SetCursorPos method.

This can take some time though. It's quite possible that one of the forks will have this before this repo does.

@rivo commented on GitHub (Sep 29, 2023): > would it be unreasonable to request that `SetCursorPos` is added to `tview` ? Are there any reasons not to add this functionality? I'm planning on replacing the `InputField` "engine" with that of `TextArea` so we get all the `TextArea` functionality (e.g. copy+paste, selections, etc.) in `InputField` also. When that is done, it is conceivable that I add a `SetCursorPos` method. This can take some time though. It's quite possible that one of the forks will have this before this repo does.