How to move around in the console using the arrow keys, c and win32

I am working a text editor in the C prigramming language and I am stuck on how to make the user be able to move around in the console using the arrow key here is my code if you can help that would be great thank you.

// EDIT LOOP
void insertMode(char *buffer, const char *filename)
{
    // Init cursor
    int cursor = strlen(buffer);
    COORD cursorPos = {0, 0};
    HANDLE console = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

    BOOL isEditing = TRUE;
    while (isEditing)
    {
        // clear screen, display file contents and show cursor
        system("cls");
        displayBuffer(buffer, filename);

        // Show all instruction to the user
        printf("\nesc = SAVE&QUIT\n");

        // Move the cursor to the current cursorPos
        SetConsoleCursorPosition(console, cursorPos);

        // Capture user input
        char ch = _getch();

        // If 'ESC' key to return to normal mode
        if (ch == 27)
        {
            // Save the file contents before exiting insert mode
            if (saveFile(filename, buffer) == 0)
            {
                system("cls");
                printf("\nFile saved successfully.\n");
            }
            else
            {
                printf("\nError saving file.\n");
            }
            break;
        }
        // 'Backspace' key
        else if (ch == '\b')
        {
            if (cursor > 0)
            {
                buffer[cursor - 1] = '\0';  // Remove last character
                cursor--;
            }
        }
        // 'Enter' key
        else if (ch == '\r')
        {
            if (cursor < MAX_BUFFER - 1)
            {
                // Adds newline
                buffer[cursor] = '\n';
                cursor++;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Add the input character to the buffer
            if (cursor < MAX_BUFFER - 1)
            {
                buffer[cursor] = ch;
                cursor++;
                buffer[cursor] = '\0';
            }
        }
    }
}

I tried using gpt to try help me move the cursor using the arrow key but unfortunalaty it did not work.

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