sge.keyboard

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• sge.keyboard
  • sge.keyboard Functions

This module provides functions related to keyboard input.

As a general rule, any key press has two strings associated with it: an identifier string, and a unicode string. The identifier string is a consistent identifier for what the key is, consisting only of alphanumeric ASCII text. The unicode string is the text associated with the key press; typically this is an ASCII character printed on the key, but in some cases (e.g. when an input method is used), it could be any kind of text. As a general rule, the unicode string should always be used for text entry, while the identifier string should be used for all other purposes.

The table below lists all standard keys along with their corresponding identifier and unicode strings. Note that SGE implementations are not necessarily required to support recognizing all of them, although they are strongly encouraged to do so. Any key not found on this table, if detected, will be arbitrarily but consistently assigned an identifier string beginning with "undef_".

Key Name	Identifier String	Unicode String
0	"0"	"0"
1	"1"	"1"
2	"2"	"2"
3	"3"	"3"
4	"4"	"4"
5	"5"	"5"
6	"6"	"6"
7	"7"	"7"
8	"8"	"8"
9	"9"	"9"
A	"a"	"a"
B	"b"	"b"
C	"c"	"c"
D	"d"	"d"
E	"e"	"e"
F	"f"	"f"
G	"g"	"g"
H	"h"	"h"
I	"i"	"i"
J	"j"	"j"
K	"k"	"k"
L	"l"	"l"
M	"m"	"m"
N	"n"	"n"
O	"o"	"o"
P	"p"	"p"
Q	"q"	"q"
R	"r"	"r"
S	"s"	"s"
T	"t"	"t"
U	"u"	"u"
V	"v"	"v"
W	"w"	"w"
X	"x"	"x"
Y	"y"	"y"
Z	"z"	"z"
Period	"period"	"."
Comma	"comma"	","
Less Than	"less_than"	"<"
Greater Than	"greater_than"	">"
Forward Slash	"slash"	"/"
Question Mark	"question"	"?"
Apostrophe	"apostrophe"	"'"
Quotation Mark	"quote"	'"'
Colon	"colon"	":"
Semicolon	"semicolon"	";"
Exclamation Point	"exclamation"	"!"
At	"at"	"@"
Hash	"hash"	"#"
Dollar Sign	"dollar"	"$"
Percent Sign	"percent"	"%"
Carat	"carat"	"^"
Ampersand	"ampersand"	"&"
Asterisk	"asterisk"	"*"
Left Parenthesis	"parenthesis_left"	"("
Right Parenthesis	"parenthesis_right"	")"
Hyphen	"hyphen"	"-"
Underscore	"underscore"	"_"
Plus Sign	"plus"	"+"
Equals Sign	"equals"	"="
Left Bracket	"bracket_left"	"["
Right Bracket	"bracket_right"	"]"
Left Brace	"brace_left"	"{"
Right Brace	"brace_right"	"}"
Backslash	"backslash"	"\\"
Backtick	"backtick"	"`"
Euro	"euro"	"\u20ac"
Keypad 0	"kp_0"	"0"
Keypad 1	"kp_1"	"1"
Keypad 2	"kp_2"	"2"
Keypad 3	"kp_3"	"3"
Keypad 4	"kp_4"	"4"
Keypad 5	"kp_5"	"5"
Keypad 6	"kp_6"	"6"
Keypad 7	"kp_7"	"7"
Keypad 8	"kp_8"	"8"
Keypad 9	"kp_9"	"9"
Keypad Decimal Point	"kp_point"	"."
Keypad Plus	"kp_plus"	"+"
Keypad Minus	"kp_minus"	"-"
Keypad Multiply	"kp_multiply"	"*"
Keypad Divide	"kp_divide"	"/"
Keypad Equals	"kp_equals"	"="
Keypad Enter	"kp_enter"	"\n"
Left Arrow	"left"	""
Right Arrow	"right"	""
Up Arrow	"up"	""
Down Arrow	"down"	""
Home	"home"	""
End	"end"	""
Page Up	"pageup"	""
Page Down	"pagedown"	""
Tab	"tab"	"\t"
Space Bar	"space"	" "
Enter/Return	"enter"	"\n"
Backspace	"backspace"	"\b"
Delete	"delete"	""
Left Shift	"shift_left"	""
Right Shift	"shift_right"	""
Left Ctrl	"ctrl_left"	""
Right Ctrl	"ctrl_right"	""
Left Alt	"alt_left"	""
Right Alt	"alt_right"	""
Left Meta	"meta_left"	""
Right Meta	"meta_right"	""
Caps Lock	"caps_lock"	""
Esc	"escape"	""
Num Lock	"num_lock"	""
Scroll Lock	"scroll_lock"	""
Break	"break"	""
Insert	"insert"	""
Pause	"pause"	""
Print Screen	"print_screen"	""
SysRq	"sysrq"	""
F1	"f1"	""
F2	"f2"	""
F3	"f3"	""
F4	"f4"	""
F5	"f5"	""
F6	"f6"	""
F7	"f7"	""
F8	"f8"	""
F9	"f9"	""
F10	"f10"	""
F11	"f11"	""
F12	"f12"	""

sge.keyboard Functions

sge.keyboard.get_pressed(key)

Return whether or not a key is pressed.

Arguments:

• key – The identifier string of the modifier key to check; see the table in the documentation for sge.keyboard.

sge.keyboard.get_modifier(key)

Return whether or not a modifier key is being held.

Arguments:

• key – The identifier string of the modifier key to check; see the table below.

Modifier Key Name	Identifier String
Alt	"alt"
Left Alt	"alt_left"
Right Alt	"alt_right"
Ctrl	"ctrl"
Left Ctrl	"ctrl_left"
Right Ctrl	"ctrl_right"
Meta	"meta"
Left Meta	"meta_left"
Right Meta	"meta_right"
Shift	"shift"
Left Shift	"shift_left"
Right Shift	"shift_right"
Mode	"mode"
Caps Lock	"caps_lock"
Num Lock	"num_lock"

sge.keyboard.get_focused()

Return whether or not the game has keyboard focus.

sge.keyboard.set_repeat(enabled=True, interval=0, delay=0)

Set repetition of key press events.

Arguments:

• enabled – Whether or not to enable repetition of key press events.
• interval – The time in milliseconds in between each repeated key press event.
• delay – The time in milliseconds to wait after the first key press event before repeating key press events.

If enabled is set to true, this causes a key being held down to generate additional key press events as long as it remains held down.

sge.keyboard.get_repeat_enabled()

Return whether or not repetition of key press events is enabled.

See the documentation for sge.keyboard.set_repeat() for more information.

sge.keyboard.get_repeat_interval()

Return the interval in between each repeated key press event.

See the documentation for sge.keyboard.set_repeat() for more information.

sge.keyboard.get_repeat_delay()

Return the delay before repeating key press events.

See the documentation for sge.keyboard.set_repeat() for more information.