EL Erase in Line
Erase part or all of the cursor's line.
CSI Ps K
- Defaults
- Ps = 0
- ECMA-48
- §8.3.41 EL – Erase in Line, p. 42
- DEC STD 070
- §5.11 Erase in Line, p. 5-154
- VT510
- EL—Erase in Line
Erase some of the line the cursor is on, chosen by Ps:
Ps | Erases |
|---|---|
0 | from the cursor to the end of the line, the cursor’s cell included |
1 | from the start of the line to the cursor, the cursor’s cell included |
2 | the whole line |
The cursor does not move, and as with ED, erased cells take the current background color. CSI K is what a shell prints to clear the rest of a line it is redrawing.
Validation
EL-1: To the right
\e#8 # fill with E
\e[2;3H
\e[K
|EEEEE|
|EE___|
|EEEEE|
cursor 2,3
EL-2: To the left
\e#8 # fill with E
\e[2;3H
\e[1K
|EEEEE|
|___EE|
|EEEEE|
EL-3: The whole line
\e#8 # fill with E
\e[2;3H
\e[2K
|EEEEE|
|_____|
|EEEEE|
EL-4: With a background color
ABCDE
\e[1;3H
\e[41m # red background
\e[K
|AB___|
attr 1,2 bg=default
attr 1,3 bg=1
attr 1,5 bg=1