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# GetCursorType

Get screen cursor type

## Declaration

Source position: videoh.inc line 139

`function GetCursorType: Word;`

## Description

GetCursorType returns the current cursor type. It is one of the following values:

crHidden
  Hide cursor
crUnderLine
  Underline cursor
crBlock
  Block cursor
crHalfBlock
  Half block cursor

Note that not all drivers support all types of cursors.

## Errors

None.

## See also

SetCursorType |  | Set cursor type
GetCapabilities |  | Get current driver capabilities.

## Example

    Program Example5;

    { Program to demonstrate the GetCursorType function. }

    Uses video,keyboard,vidutil;

    Const
      Cursortypes : Array[crHidden..crHalfBlock] of string =
        ('Hidden','UnderLine','Block','HalfBlock');

    begin
      InitVideo;
      InitKeyboard;
      TextOut(1,1,'Cursor type: '+CursorTypes[GetCursorType]);
      TextOut(1,2,'Press any key to exit.');
      UpdateScreen(False);
      GetKeyEvent;
      DoneKeyboard;
      DoneVideo;
    end.

Documentation generated on: Feb 26 2014