Detect in python which keys are pressed
events, keyboard, python
Solution
The easiest way to do something like this, if you're not too fussy, is to bring in a GUI toolkit such as pygame or wxPython. For example, run the wxPython Demo, then go to the demo for KeyEvents.
Problem
I need to know which key is being pressed right now. I'm not looking to capture some specific keys to trigger an event or anything like that, I want to know which keys are pressed now and display a list of them. I also need to capture special keys like F1 ... F12, shift, alt, home, windows, etc. Basically all keys on the keyboard. How do I do this in python? How do I capture keyboard events? Related - Cross platform keylogger - Is there a cross-platform python low-level API to capture or generate keyboard events? EDIT Just so you know I'm not trying to make a keylogger. I'm trying to make a diagnoses tool (I split water on my laptop and the keyboard is starting to get crazy sometime!!)