<viz:key>.isDown

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8.0

This command is used to determine if a key is currently down

key

This can be either an ascii character or a Vizard special key such as viz.KEY_UP

immediate = False

If True, Vizard will immediately query the keyboard instead of using the cached value.

Use this command at any time to see if a key is down.

1 if the key is down, 0 if it is not

if viz.key.isDown('a'):
print('"a" key is down')
if viz.key.isDown(viz.KEY_UP):
print('Up Arrow is down')