Simulating key hold without stopping loop

Question

I'm using pynput to simulate key press.

Here's my function i'm using in a loop

def press_hotkey(key, time):
    keyboard.press(key)
    sleep(time) #hold time
    keyboard.release(key)

Sometimes I need to press one key for certain amount of time, for example 2 seconds, but I don't want to stop my loop, as it should continue and press next key if needed.

What would be the most correct way to do that? Is running a function in new thread every iteration a good idea?

Answer 1

you could use threading module

import threading

and then call your function within the thread like this

thread = threading.Thread(target=press_hotkey, args=(desired_key, desired_time))
thread.start()