---
name: "Curses::UI::Progressbar"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-curses-ui"
version: "0.9609-15"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Curses::UI::Progressbar"
---

# Curses::UI::Progressbar(3pm)

Create and manipulate progressbar widgets

## NAME

Curses::UI::Progressbar - Create and manipulate progressbar widgets

## CLASS HIERARCHY

```
 Curses::UI::Widget
    |
    +----Curses::UI::Progressbar
```

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Curses::UI;
    my $cui = new Curses::UI;
    my $win = $cui->add('window_id', 'Window');
    my $progressbar = $win->add(
        'myprogressbar', 'Progressbar',
        -max       => 250,
        -pos       => 42,
    );
    $progressbar->draw;
```

## DESCRIPTION

Curses::UI::Progressbar is a widget that can be used to  provide some sort of progress information to the user of your program. The progressbar looks like this:

```
 +------------------------------------------+
 |||||||||---------- 14% ------------------ |
 +------------------------------------------+
```

See exampes/demo-Curses::UI::Progressbar in the distribution for a short demo.

## STANDARD OPTIONS

**-parent**, **-x**, **-y**, **-width**, **-height**,  **-pad**, **-padleft**, **-padright**, **-padtop**, **-padbottom**, **-ipad**, **-ipadleft**, **-ipadright**, **-ipadtop**, **-ipadbottom**, **-title**, **-titlefullwidth**, **-titlereverse**

For an explanation of these standard options, see  Curses::UI::Widget.

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

- •

  **-min** \< VALUE \>

  This opion sets the minimum value for the progress bar.  Default is 0.

- •

  **-max** \< VALUE \>

  This opion sets the maximum value for the progress bar.

- •

  **-pos** \< VALUE \>

  This option sets the startposition for the progress bar.

- •

  **-nopercentage** \< BOOLEAN \>

  This option controls if a percentage indicator should be drawn in the widget. The default for the BOOLEAN  value is false, so a percentage incdicator will be drawn.

- •

  **-showvalue** \< BOOLEAN \>

  If this option is set to a true value, the current position value will be drawn in the widget.

- •

  **-nocenterline** \< BOOLEAN \>

  This option controls if a horizontal line should be drawn in the widget. The default for the BOOLEAN  value is false, so a horizontal line will be drawn.

## METHODS

- •

  **new** ( OPTIONS )

- •

  **layout** ( )

- •

  **draw** ( BOOLEAN )

- •

  **intellidraw** ( )

- •

  **focus** ( )

  These are standard methods. See Curses::UI::Widget  for an explanation of these.

- •

  **get** ( )

  This method will return the current **-pos** value of the widget.

- •

  **pos** ( VALUE )

  This method will set the **-pos** value of the widget to SCALAR.

## DEFAULT BINDINGS

Since a Progressbar is a non-interacting widget, it does not have any bindings.

## SEE ALSO

Curses::UI,  Curses::UI::Widget,  Curses::UI::Common

## AUTHOR

Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Maurice Makaay. All rights reserved.

Maintained by Marcus Thiesen (marcus@cpan.thiesenweb.de)

This package is free software and is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as perl itself.