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pygame.key pygame module to work with the keyboard This module contains functions for dealing with the keyboard. The pygame.eventpygame module for interacting with events and queues queue gets pygame.KEYDOWN and pygame.KEYUP events when the keyboard buttons are pressed and released. Both events have key and mod attributes.
The pygame.KEYDOWN event has the additional attributes unicode and scancode.
New in pygame 2.0.0: The pygame.TEXTINPUT event is preferred to the unicode attribute of pygame.KEYDOWN. The attribute text contains the input. The following is a list of all the constants (from pygame.localspygame constants) used to represent keyboard keys. Portability note: The integers for key constants differ between pygame 1 and 2. Always use key constants (K_a) rather than integers directly (97) so that your key handling code works well on both pygame 1 and pygame 2. pygame
Constant ASCII Description
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K_BACKSPACE \b backspace
K_TAB \t tab
K_CLEAR clear
K_RETURN \r return
K_PAUSE pause
K_ESCAPE ^[ escape
K_SPACE space
K_EXCLAIM ! exclaim
K_QUOTEDBL " quotedbl
K_HASH # hash
K_DOLLAR $ dollar
K_AMPERSAND & ampersand
K_QUOTE quote
K_LEFTPAREN ( left parenthesis
K_RIGHTPAREN ) right parenthesis
K_ASTERISK * asterisk
K_PLUS + plus sign
K_COMMA , comma
K_MINUS - minus sign
K_PERIOD . period
K_SLASH / forward slash
K_0 0 0
K_1 1 1
K_2 2 2
K_3 3 3
K_4 4 4
K_5 5 5
K_6 6 6
K_7 7 7
K_8 8 8
K_9 9 9
K_COLON : colon
K_SEMICOLON ; semicolon
K_LESS < less-than sign
K_EQUALS = equals sign
K_GREATER > greater-than sign
K_QUESTION ? question mark
K_AT @ at
K_LEFTBRACKET [ left bracket
K_BACKSLASH \ backslash
K_RIGHTBRACKET ] right bracket
K_CARET ^ caret
K_UNDERSCORE _ underscore
K_BACKQUOTE ` grave
K_a a a
K_b b b
K_c c c
K_d d d
K_e e e
K_f f f
K_g g g
K_h h h
K_i i i
K_j j j
K_k k k
K_l l l
K_m m m
K_n n n
K_o o o
K_p p p
K_q q q
K_r r r
K_s s s
K_t t t
K_u u u
K_v v v
K_w w w
K_x x x
K_y y y
K_z z z
K_DELETE delete
K_KP0 keypad 0
K_KP1 keypad 1
K_KP2 keypad 2
K_KP3 keypad 3
K_KP4 keypad 4
K_KP5 keypad 5
K_KP6 keypad 6
K_KP7 keypad 7
K_KP8 keypad 8
K_KP9 keypad 9
K_KP_PERIOD . keypad period
K_KP_DIVIDE / keypad divide
K_KP_MULTIPLY * keypad multiply
K_KP_MINUS - keypad minus
K_KP_PLUS + keypad plus
K_KP_ENTER \r keypad enter
K_KP_EQUALS = keypad equals
K_UP up arrow
K_DOWN down arrow
K_RIGHT right arrow
K_LEFT left arrow
K_INSERT insert
K_HOME home
K_END end
K_PAGEUP page up
K_PAGEDOWN page down
K_F1 F1
K_F2 F2
K_F3 F3
K_F4 F4
K_F5 F5
K_F6 F6
K_F7 F7
K_F8 F8
K_F9 F9
K_F10 F10
K_F11 F11
K_F12 F12
K_F13 F13
K_F14 F14
K_F15 F15
K_NUMLOCK numlock
K_CAPSLOCK capslock
K_SCROLLOCK scrollock
K_RSHIFT right shift
K_LSHIFT left shift
K_RCTRL right control
K_LCTRL left control
K_RALT right alt
K_LALT left alt
K_RMETA right meta
K_LMETA left meta
K_LSUPER left Windows key
K_RSUPER right Windows key
K_MODE mode shift
K_HELP help
K_PRINT print screen
K_SYSREQ sysrq
K_BREAK break
K_MENU menu
K_POWER power
K_EURO Euro
The keyboard also has a list of modifier states (from pygame.localspygame constants) that can be assembled by bitwise-ORing them together. pygame
Constant Description
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KMOD_NONE no modifier keys pressed
KMOD_LSHIFT left shift
KMOD_RSHIFT right shift
KMOD_SHIFT left shift or right shift or both
KMOD_LCTRL left control
KMOD_RCTRL right control
KMOD_CTRL left control or right control or both
KMOD_LALT left alt
KMOD_RALT right alt
KMOD_ALT left alt or right alt or both
KMOD_LMETA left meta
KMOD_RMETA right meta
KMOD_META left meta or right meta or both
KMOD_CAPS caps lock
KMOD_NUM num lock
KMOD_MODE AltGr
The modifier information is contained in the mod attribute of the pygame.KEYDOWN and pygame.KEYUP events. The mod attribute is a bitmask of all the modifier keys that were in a pressed state when the event occurred. The modifier information can be decoded using a bitwise AND (except for KMOD_NONE, which should be compared using equals ==). For example: for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN or event.type == pygame.KEYUP:
if event.mod == pygame.KMOD_NONE:
print('No modifier keys were in a pressed state when this '
'event occurred.')
else:
if event.mod & pygame.KMOD_LSHIFT:
print('Left shift was in a pressed state when this event '
'occurred.')
if event.mod & pygame.KMOD_RSHIFT:
print('Right shift was in a pressed state when this event '
'occurred.')
if event.mod & pygame.KMOD_SHIFT:
print('Left shift or right shift or both were in a '
'pressed state when this event occurred.')
true if the display is receiving keyboard input from the system get_focused() -> bool Returns True when the display window has keyboard focus from the system. If the display needs to ensure it does not lose keyboard focus, it can use pygame.event.set_grab()control the sharing of input devices with other applications to grab all input. pygame.key.get_pressed()¶get the state of all keyboard buttons get_pressed() -> bools Returns a sequence of boolean values representing the state of every key on the keyboard. Use the key constant values to index the array. A True value means the that button is pressed. Note Getting the list of pushed buttons with this function is not the proper way to handle text entry from the user. There is no way to know the order of keys pressed, and rapidly pushed keys can be completely unnoticed between two calls to pygame.key.get_pressed(). There is also no way to translate these pushed keys into a fully translated character value. See the pygame.KEYDOWN events on the pygame.eventpygame module for interacting with events and queues queue for this functionality. determine which modifier keys are being held get_mods() -> int Returns a single integer representing a bitmask of all the modifier keys being held. Using bitwise operators you can test if specific modifier keys are pressed. pygame.key.set_mods()¶temporarily set which modifier keys are pressed set_mods(int) -> None Create a bitmask of the modifier key constants you want to impose on your program. pygame.key.set_repeat()¶control how held keys are repeated set_repeat() -> None set_repeat(delay) -> None set_repeat(delay, interval) -> None When the keyboard repeat is enabled, keys that are held down will generate multiple pygame.KEYDOWN events. The delay parameter is the number of milliseconds before the first repeated pygame.KEYDOWN event will be sent. After that, another pygame.KEYDOWN event will be sent every interval milliseconds. If a delay value is provided and an interval value is not provided or is 0, then the interval will be set to the same value as delay. To disable key repeat call this function with no arguments or with delay set to 0. When pygame is initialized the key repeat is disabled. Raises:ValueError -- if delay or interval is < 0Changed in pygame 2.0.0: A ValueError is now raised (instead of a pygame.error) if delay or interval is < 0. see how held keys are repeated get_repeat() -> (delay, interval) Get the delay and interval keyboard repeat values. Refer to pygame.key.set_repeat()control how held keys are repeated for a description of these values. New in pygame 1.8. get the name of a key identifier name(key) -> string Get the descriptive name of the button from a keyboard button id constant. pygame.key.key_code()¶get the key identifier from a key name key_code(name=string) -> int Get the key identifier code from the descriptive name of the key. This returns an integer matching one of the K_* keycodes. For example: >>> pygame.key.key_code("return") == pygame.K_RETURN
True
>>> pygame.key.key_code("0") == pygame.K_0
True
>>> pygame.key.key_code("space") == pygame.K_SPACE
True
New in pygame 2.0.0. start handling Unicode text input events start_text_input() -> None Start receiving pygame.TEXTEDITING and pygame.TEXTINPUT events. A pygame.TEXTEDITING event is received when an IME composition is started or changed. It contains the composition text, length, and editing start position within the composition (attributes text, length, and start, respectively). When the composition is committed (or non-IME input is received), a pygame.TEXTINPUT event is generated. Text input events handling is on by default. New in pygame 2.0.0. stop handling Unicode text input events stop_text_input() -> None Stop receiving pygame.TEXTEDITING and pygame.TEXTINPUT events. Text input events handling is on by default New in pygame 2.0.0. controls the position of the candidate list set_text_input_rect(Rect) -> None This sets the rectangle used for typing with an IME. It controls where the candidate list will open, if supported. New in pygame 2.0.0. Edit on GitHub |