Print out a string at a specific coordinate, c# Console Application

Question

I want to create a program that prints out a string at any given coordinates. I have a main class and a class i created called ConsoleText. Here are the code for each class:

class ConsoleText
{
    public int x, y; // Coordinates
    public string Text = "Hello!";
    ConsoleColor color;

    public ConsoleText(int x, int y, string Text)
    {
        Console.ForegroundColor = color;
        Console.SetCursorPosition(x, y);
        Console.Write(Text);
        Console.ResetColor();
    }
}

and here is the program(main) class:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        ConsoleText obj = new ConsoleText(19, 1, "Hello!");
        Console.Read();
    }
}

My problem now is that when I debug the program, I get the positions for the coordinate but the string dosen´t write out at that specific coordinate. Any ideas on what i might have done wrong?

Solution 1

The following code works perfectly for me:

Console.SetCursorPosition(20, 0);
Console.WriteLine("Hello");
Console.SetCursorPosition(20, 2);
Console.WriteLine("World");
Console.ReadLine();

You might want to explore WHY you want to use a custom class at all.

EDIT: Also, the values for x and y in the ConsoleObj class are never referred to. Just pointing that out.

Solution 2

Try changing this line:

Console.ForegroundColor = color;

to this:

Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Gray;

You were inadvertently setting the foreground color to black.