detect key presses python code example

Example 1: detect key press python

# pip3 install pynput

from pynput.keyboard import Key, Listener


def show(key):

    pressed_key = str(key).replace("'", "")
    print(" key: ", pressed_key)

    if key == Key.esc:
        # Stop listener
        return False


# Listener
with Listener(on_press=show) as listener:
    listener.join()

Example 2: python check if key is pressed

import keyboard

# Check if b was pressed
if keyboard.is_pressed('b'):
	print('b Key was pressed')

Example 3: how to detect button presses in python

from tkinter import *

def doSomething(event):
    #print("You pressed: " + event.keysym)
    label.config(text=event.keysym)

window = Tk()

window.bind("<Key>",doSomething)

label = Label(window,font=("Helvetica",100))
label.pack()

window.mainloop()