How can I use escape key(esc key) in Console Programming to move to the previous menu using UNIX ?

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Hi,
I am working on a console based application in UNIX using C++. The need of the project is that on pressing the ESC key, one should move to the previous menu,ie. key based operation for ESC Key.

How can i implement the same.....Some light on the same would help me a lot...

Thanks in advance!!!

Posted 17-Nov-14 22:40pm

sovit agarwal

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Jochen Arndt · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-17T23:09:00

You may have a look at the ncurses[^] library. If that can't be used you can implement a kbhit function that checks if a key has been pressed and use the getch function from my answer to your previous question to read the pressed key. Examples for the kbhit function with Linux can be found when searching for 'linux kbhit'.