Detecting key strokes.

[rysin]

How would I go about detecting keystrokes on the keyboard?

[rysin]

Turns out Pygame isnt just for games. I wrote this script using it and it does exactly what I wanted it to do!

[sneekula]

You can use the Tkinter GUI toolkit too:

# KeyLogger.py
# show a character key when pressed without using Enter key
# hide the Tkinter GUI window, only console shows

import Tkinter as tk

def key(event):
    if event.keysym == 'Escape':
        root.destroy()
    print event.char

root = tk.Tk()
print "Press a key (Escape key to exit):"
root.bind_all('<Key>', key)
# don't show the tk window
root.withdraw()
root.mainloop()

[rysin]

Thanks for the reply. The program I wrote with pygame did certain actions when keys were pressed. When you held control and g down, google opened up. Can you do the same thing with Tkinter?

[Tech B]

I wrote a key logger myself. I use pyHook and pythoncom from the pywin module.
Here is the link http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post1011963.html#post1011963

[bumsfeld]

However, pyHook and pythoncom work only on Windows systems. Not too bad, since most computers in this world are using Windows. Tkinter is more cross-platform for the few odd folks that user other OS.

[Szepi]

The code does not work on my Mac. If I comment out the withdrawing of the root window then it works fine as long as I make the root window focused. Tested for Python 3.2.2 and Python 2.7.2.

[TrustyTony]

Updated code in the code snippet (need to put bind before withdraw), the tkinter solution here is correct.
http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/python/code/360113/1683057#post1683057