Hi, That's what I've been reading about - the getch() function. Thanks for some directions... Cheers, Joseph -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of QuentinC Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 9:04 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Capturing arrow keys and function keys during user input Hello, To catch key press, you can use getch on windows, I don't know the linux equivalent but I'm sure it exists. To move the cursor, change color, etc. , on windows there are specialized functions (see MSDN), on linux you can send ANSI escaped sequences (wikipedia has the list) __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind