bkbilly/xlib_hotkeys

Register Keyboard Hotkeys to a callback function

xlib-hotkeys

Python library for Linux to register keyboard combinations to a callback function.

Requirements

• Python 3.7 or later

Installation

Install using:

pip install xlib-hotkeys

Usage

You can use this module from the command line

xlib-hotkeys -h
xlib-hotkeys -d :0 -k ctrl+return shift+f2

from xlib_hotkeys import HotKeysManager


def KeyDown(key, keyspressed):
    print(f"Keys Pressed: {keyspressed}")


def Hotkey1():
    print(f" Hotkey1 detected")


def Hotkey2():
    print(f" Hotkey2 detected")


hk = HotKeysManager(display_str=":0")
hk.KeyDown = KeyDown
hk.hotkeys["ctrl+return"] = Hotkey1()
hk.hotkeys["shift+f2"] = Hotkey2()

hk.start()
time.sleep(50)
hk.stop()