Section 11: TSP command reference Model 2601B-PULSE System SourceMeter Instrument Reference Manual
11-56 2601B-PULSE-901-01A April 2020
display.getcursor()
This function reads the present position of the cursor on the front-panel display.
Usage
row, column, style = display.getcursor()
The row where the cursor is: 1 (top row); 2 (bottom row)
The column where the cursor is:
â–ª If the cursor is in the top row: 1 to 20
â–ª If the cursor is in the bottom row: 1 to 32
Visibility of the cursor:
â–ª Invisible: 0
â–ª Blinking: 1
Details
This function switches the front-panel display to the user screen (the text set by
display.settext()), and then returns values to indicate the cursor's row and column position and
cursor style.
Columns are numbered from left to right on the display.
Example 1
testRow, testColumn = display.getcursor()
print(testRow, testColumn)
This example reads the cursor position into
local variables and prints them. Example
output:
1.00000e+00 1.00000e+00
Example 2
print(display.getcursor())
This example prints the cursor position
directly. In this example, the cursor is in
row 1 at column 3, with an invisible cursor:
1.00000e+00 3.00000e+00
0.00000e+00
Also see
display.gettext() (on page 11-58)
display.screen (on page 11-67)
display.setcursor() (on page 11-69)
display.settext() (on page 11-70)