Python3 - Detect mouse click on screen - Mac

Question

How do I detect a mouse click on screen on a mac?

I have seen many people use win32api however this is only supported for windows, and not for mac also.

Answer 1

Similar question with answers:

• How to control the mouse in Mac using Python?

By using the ctypes module:

• Controlling mouse with Python

Answer 2

If you wanna click on the screen with python i recommend you use pyautogui. https://pyautogui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ If you want to download it onto terminal just type pip install pyautogui!

Here are some clicks you can use:

import pyautogui

pyautogui.click()          # Click the mouse.

pyautogui.click(100, 200)  # Move the mouse to XY coordinates and click it.

pyautogui.click('button.png') # Find where button.png appears on the screen and click it.

Answer 3

Previous answers were about "controlling" the mouse instead of "monitoring" the mouse.

To monitor mouse activities like clicking, you may refer to pynput