I want to check if ANY key is pressed, is this possible?

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How do I check if ANY key is pressed?

this is how I know to detect one key:

import keyboard  # using module keyboard
while True:  # making a loop
    if keyboard.is_pressed('a'):  # if key 'q' is pressed
        print('You Pressed A Key!')
        break  # finishing the loop

How do I check if any key (not just letters) is pressed? For example, if someone presses the spacebar it works, the same for numbers and function keys, etc.

`is_pressed('space') #-> for space is_pressed('ctrl+space') #-> something else` check documentation for more info https://github.com/boppreh/keyboard#keyboard.is_pressed — sifat, Sep 23 '22 at 13:47

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '22 at 14:00

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while True:
    # Wait for the next event.
    event = keyboard.read_event()
    if event.event_type == keyboard.KEY_DOWN:
        print(event.name) # to check key name

Press any key and get the key name.

answered Sep 23 '22 at 14:00

sifat

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Hannon qaoud · Answer 2 · 2022-09-23T14:08:54.560

it can be done using the msvcrt module as the following:

import msvcrt

while True:
    if msvcrt.kbhit():
        key = msvcrt.getch()
        break

or the keyboard, although i am not sure of how of a good practice this code is:

import keyboard

while True:
    try:
        print(keyboard.read_key())
        break
    except:
        pass

if this is bad practice please informe me in the coments so i can mark it as unfavored

thankyou.

Marco smdm · Answer 3 · 2022-09-23T13:58:15.640

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Correct solution in Windows is to use msvcrt Please check thread here: How to detect key presses?

I think somehow should be possible also with builtin input() command.

Have a nice day!

edited Sep 23 '22 at 13:58

answered Sep 23 '22 at 13:48

Marco smdm

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I want to check if ANY key is pressed, is this possible?

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