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How to Make Keypresses Using PyAutoGUI

I am using PyAutoGUI to try to code a macro. For this macro, I need to press a key to select something. To interact with the screen, I am using PyAutoGUI. Any ideas on how to press the key?

I have tried using this command.

pyautogui.press("s")
Solution

  • I'm not sure if anyone has helped out here or if you got this resolved in the end.

    First, the documentation can be found here: https://pyautogui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quickstart.html#keyboard-functions#

    When passing a keystroke, you want to use "typewrite" and not "press"

    Press "S"

    pyautogui.typewrite("s")

    Press Hotkey (Ctrl + S)

    pyautogui.hotkey("ctrl" + "s")

    Press key as a variable

    pyautogui.keydown(variable)