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Keyboard input

\examples\input\keyboard.py

This script demonstrates how to use keyboard callbacks. When a key is pressed, its value will be printed out. Also the screen will toggle between black and white.

"""
This script demonstrates how to use keyboard callbacks.
When a key is pressed, its value will be printed out.
Also the screen will toggle between black and white.
"""
import viz

viz.go()

import vizinfo
vizinfo.InfoPanel()

colors = viz.cycle([viz.WHITE, viz.BLACK])
# This function is triggered whenever a keyboard button
# is pressed and gets passed the key that was pressed
# into the argument whichKey.
def mykeyboard(whichKey):
    print('The following key was pressed: ', whichKey)

    if whichKey == viz.KEY_F1:
        print('Fkey 1 pressed')
    elif whichKey == viz.KEY_F2:
        print('Fkey 2 pressed')
    elif whichKey == viz.KEY_F3:
        print('Fkey 2 pressed')
    elif whichKey == viz.KEY_F4:
        print('Fkey 2 pressed')
    elif whichKey == viz.KEY_UP:
        print('Up arrow pressed')
    elif whichKey == viz.KEY_DOWN:
        print('Down arrow pressed')
    elif whichKey == viz.KEY_LEFT:
        print('Left arrow pressed')
    elif whichKey == viz.KEY_RIGHT:
        print('Right arrow pressed')
    elif whichKey == viz.KEY_ESCAPE:
        print('===================================================')
        print('===================================================')
        print('===================================================')
        print('===================================================')
        print('===================================================')
        print('===================================================')
        print('===================================================')
        print('===================================================')
        print('===================================================')


    viz.clearcolor(colors.next())

viz.callback(viz.KEYDOWN_EVENT, mykeyboard)