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Python3 Event On Specific Key Down

I was wondering if there was a way to detect when a key is pressed in python 3 like below:

if keypressed('a'):
    print('you pressed a')

(Example for simplicity's sake)

Solution

  • keyboard module can give you more than you want.
    Here are some several methods to detect keypress:

    Method #1:
    It will constantly detect your keypress. As you press a it will print. Press Ctrl+C to break out of the loop

    import keyboard
while True:
    if keyboard.is_pressed("a"):
        print("You pressed 'a'")

    Method #2:
    It will wait for you to press a and blocks the whole code until you press a. It will detect once only.

    import keyboard
keyboard.wait('a')
print("You pressed 'a'")