keypress
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This module offers a comprehensive solution for handling keyboard input across platforms. Whether you’re detecting simple keypresses or complex key combinations, our get_key function and Keys constants deliver robust functionality with clear, descriptive outputs. Perfect for developers needing to implement precise keyboard interactions in their applications.
You can install keypress via pip:
pip install keypress
You can run keypress in your terminal.
from keypress import Keys, get_key
if __name__ == "__main__":
key = ""
while key not in ["q", Keys.ENTER]:
key = get_key()
if key.is_printable:
print(key)
print(key.key_codes)
print(key.description)
Contributions are welcome! Please see our contributing guidelines for more information.
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
FAQs
Cross-Platform Key Handling Module: Effortlessly Detect and Describe Keyboard Events
We found that keypress demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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