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kmHook
kmHook
only works on Windows, is pure Python using only ctypes
, time
and no other dependencies.
kmHook
currently, only french AZERTY keyboards are supported.
kmHook
allows you to detect, synthesize keyboard & mouse events.
kmHook
also implements various related functions, see below.
import kmhook as km
while not km.is_pressed('pause'):
km.sleep(0.001) # recommended so that you don't consume CPU
if km.is_pressed_once('space'):
km.continuous_relative_move(600, 400, 500) # moves mouse smoothly during 500ms
get_valid_key_names() -> tuple
Returns all the valid key names to use within kmHook
is_pressed(key: str | tuple[str] | list[str]) -> bool
Checks if a key or a sequence of keys is being pressed.
is_pressed_once(key: str | tuple[str] | list[str]) -> bool
Checks if a key or a sequence of keys is being pressed but only once : if the key was being pressed during the last call and is still being pressed, this function returns False... until key is released and pressed again.
press(key: str | list | tuple) -> None
Presses the key (a single str or a sequence of keys) but does not release it
press_and_release(key: str | list | tuple) -> None
Presses and releases the key or the sequence of keys.
release(key: str | list | tuple) -> None
Releases the key (a single str or a sequence of keys).
get_key_name() -> str
Waits for a key to be pressed and return its name.
get_mouse_pos() -> tuple[int, int]
Returns current mouseposition.
move_mouse_absolute(x: float | int, y: float | int) -> None
Moves mouse absolutely to coordinates (x,y).
move_mouse_relative(x: float | int, y: float | int) -> None
Moves mouse relatively to current position.
continuous_relative_move(x: float | int, y: float | int, time_interval: float | int) -> None
Moves mouse relatively, smoothly and continuously during time_interval. Is blocking.
FAQs
Fiddle with mouse and french keyboard under Windows
We found that kmhook 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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