ansi.hppThe ansi.hpp header is your all-in-one utility to control terminal appearance and behavior using ANSI escape codes.
It exposes predefined constants for colors, text styles, and cursor control - making it incredibly easy to style components and customize your terminal UI without manually writing escape sequences.
This is the file I used in Kontra to build pretty much every component! It's packed with escape sequences I dug up from all corners of the internet :)
You don't need to include it separately.
You can simply do following,
#include <kontra.hpp>
ansi.hpp?You can change foreground (text) or background colors using predefined constants:
Want to move or hide the cursor?
The ansi.hpp module is a powerful and convenient helper for customizing your terminal UI in Kontra.
Use it to colorize, stylize, move cursors, and more - with zero boilerplate.
ansi::FG_BLACK
ansi::FG_RED
ansi::FG_GREEN
ansi::FG_YELLOW
ansi::FG_BLUE
ansi::FG_MAGENTA
ansi::FG_CYAN
ansi::FG_WHITE
ansi::FG_BRIGHT_BLACK
ansi::FG_BRIGHT_RED
ansi::FG_BRIGHT_GREEN
ansi::FG_BRIGHT_YELLOW
ansi::FG_BRIGHT_BLUE
ansi::FG_BRIGHT_MAGENTA
ansi::FG_BRIGHT_CYAN
ansi::FG_BRIGHT_WHITE
ansi::FG_DEFAULT
ansi::BG_BLACK
ansi::BG_RED
ansi::BG_GREEN
ansi::BG_YELLOW
ansi::BG_BLUE
ansi::BG_MAGENTA
ansi::BG_CYAN
ansi::BG_WHITE
ansi::BG_BRIGHT_BLACK
ansi::BG_BRIGHT_RED
ansi::BG_BRIGHT_GREEN
ansi::BG_BRIGHT_YELLOW
ansi::BG_BRIGHT_BLUE
ansi::BG_BRIGHT_MAGENTA
ansi::BG_BRIGHT_CYAN
ansi::BG_BRIGHT_WHITE
ansi::BG_DEFAULT
ansi::RESET
ansi::BOLD
ansi::DIM
ansi::ITALIC
ansi::UNDERLINE
ansi::INVERSE
ansi::STRIKETHROUGH
ansi::move_cursor(row, col);
ansi::move_up(n);
ansi::move_down(n);
ansi::move_left(n);
ansi::move_right(n);
ansi::hide_cursor();
ansi::show_cursor();
ansi::save_cursor();
ansi::restore_cursor();
ansi::clear_screen(); // Clears entire screen and moves cursor to top
ansi::clear_line(); // Clears current line
ansi::CLEAR_SCREEN
ansi::CLEAR_ENTIRE_LINE
ansi::CLEAR_TO_END
ansi::CLEAR_LINE_TO_START
auto [cols, rows] = ansi::get_terminal_size();