To set the cursor start line (yStart) and the cursor end line (cEnd) independent of the number of scan lines for each character cell, you can specify these parameters as percentages. The OS/2 operating system then calculates the physical start and end scan lines, respectively, by multiplying the percentage specified for the parameter by the total number of scan lines in the character cell and rounding to the nearest scan line. Percentages are specified as negative values (or 0) in the range 0 through -100. Specifying yStart = -90 and cEnd = -100 requests a cursor that occupies the bottom 10% of the character cell.

The actual appearance of the cursor is hardware dependent. The video hardware might not support the specified parameters.