Answers for "how to detect keypresses in python"

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python get keypressed value

import keyboard  # using module keyboard
while True:  # making a loop
    try:  # used try so that if user pressed other than the given key error will not be shown
        if keyboard.is_pressed('q'):  # if key 'q' is pressed 
            print('You Pressed A Key!')
            break  # finishing the loop
    except:
        break  # if user pressed a key other than the given key the loop will break
Posted by: Guest on April-10-2020
2

how to detect keypress in python

# in console: pip install keyboard
import time
import keyboard as kb

key = "a"

while (True):
	if (kb.is_pressed(key)):
		print("a pressed")
	
    time.sleep(0.001) # decreases CPU usage
Posted by: Guest on March-01-2021
7

detect key press python

# pip3 install pynput

from pynput.keyboard import Key, Listener


def show(key):

    pressed_key = str(key).replace("'", "")
    print(" key: ", pressed_key)

    if key == Key.esc:
        # Stop listener
        return False


# Listener
with Listener(on_press=show) as listener:
    listener.join()
Posted by: Guest on May-28-2021

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