# Ruby 1.9 curses library on windows - detect arrow keys?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-curses-library-on-windows-detect-arrow-keys/147904>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 6, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-curses-library-on-windows-detect-arrow-keys/147904 "2008-09-06T21:03:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-curses-library-on-windows-detect-arrow-keys/147904/1 "2008-09-06T21:03:18Z")

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I have been using ncurses-ruby with Ruby 1.8 on Windows. Upon  
upgrading to Ruby 1.9 I discovered that the built-in curses library  
supports colour etc. so I switched to that (very easy). Unfortunately  
unlike Ncurses, Curses.getch does not return anything for arrow keys  
or function keys.

Am I missing something or is this a bug?