# curs_bkgrnd 3x

    curs_bkgrnd(3x)                                                curs_bkgrnd(3x)

## NAME

           bkgrnd,  wbkgrnd, bkgrndset, wbkgrndset, getbkgrnd, wgetbkgrnd - curses
           window complex background manipulation routines

## SYNOPSIS

           #include <curses.h>

           int bkgrnd( const cchar_t *wch);
           int wbkgrnd( WINDOW *win, const cchar_t *wch);

           void bkgrndset(const cchar_t *wch );
           void wbkgrndset(WINDOW *win, const cchar_t *wch);

           int getbkgrnd(cchar_t *wch);
           int wgetbkgrnd(WINDOW *win, cchar_t *wch);

## DESCRIPTION

### bkgrndset

           The bkgrndset and wbkgrndset routines manipulate the background of  the
           named  window.   The  window  background is a cchar_t consisting of any
           combination of attributes (i.e., rendition) and a complex character.

           o   The attribute part of the background is combined (OR'ed)  with  all
               non-blank characters that are written into the window with waddch.

           o   Both  the  character  and  attribute  parts  of  the background are
               combined with the blank characters.

           The background becomes a property of the character and moves  with  the
           character   through  any  scrolling  and  insert/delete  line/character
           operations.

           To the extent possible on a particular terminal, the attribute part  of
           the  background  is displayed as the graphic rendition of the character
           put on the screen.

### bkgrnd

           The bkgrnd and wbkgrnd functions set the  background  property  of  the
           current  or  specified  window  and  then  apply  this setting to every
           character position in that window:

           o   The rendition of every character on the screen is  changed  to  the
               new background rendition.

           o   Wherever  the former background character appears, it is changed to
               the new background character.

### getbkgrnd

           The getbkgrnd function returns the given  window's  current  background
           character/attribute  pair  via  the  wch  pointer.  If the given window
           pointer is null, the character is not updated (but no error returned).

## NOTES

           Note that bkgrnd, bkgrndset, and getbkgrnd may be macros.

           X/Open Curses does not provide details on how the rendition is changed.
           This  implementation follows the approach used in SVr4 curses, which is
           explained in the manual page for wbkgd.

## RETURN VALUE

           The bkgrndset and wbkgrndset routines do not return a value.

           Upon successful completion, the other functions return OK.   Otherwise,
           they return ERR:

           o   A null window pointer is treated as an error.

           o   A null character pointer is treated as an error.

## PORTABILITY

           These  functions  are  described  in  the  XSI Curses standard, Issue 4
           (X/Open Curses).

## SEE ALSO

           curses(3x), curs_bkgd(3x)

                                                                   curs_bkgrnd(3x)