Ncurses and TextBox

Question

Does something like TextBox exist in ncurses?

Requirements to TextBox:

• ability to adequate handle KEY_DOWN, KEY_UP, KEY_LEFT, KEY_RIGHT, KEY_BACKSPACE, KEY_DC and other.
• adequate transfer lines.
• save, if you need, text in char* buffer.

Answer 1

ncurses itself provides lower-level functions from which a "textbox" can be built. For instance, the dialog and cdk libraries use (n)curses to provide these features.