Why every key on keyboard in event.type in pygame has same id as the rest of keyboard

NaQu__ 0
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I'm trying to check if keyUp is pressed by event.loop in pygame, but when i click any other button on keyboard i get the same output with print(event.type) that every key has same id as pygame.KEYUP Here is the code:

while True:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            pygame.quit()
            exit()
        if event.type == pygame.KEYUP: print("key up")
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2 Answers

KEYUP down does not address the "up" key. It is the event that occurs when a key is released. You must check that the event type is KEYDOWN (key pressed) and the key is K_UP:

while True:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            pygame.quit()
            exit()

        if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN and event.key == pygame.K_UP:
            print("key up")

Also see How to get keyboard input in pygame?.

Rabbid760

Any key that gets pressed on the keyboard generates a keydown event. Any key that gets released generates a keyup event.

  • If you want to know whether the 'up arrow' key got pressed, check for keydown on the K_UP key.
  • If you want to know whether the 'up arrow' key got released, check for keyup on the K_UP key.
  • If you want to know whether the 'down arrow' key got pressed, check for keydown on the K_DOWN key.
  • If you want to know whether the 'down arrow' key got released, check for keyup on the K_DOWN key.
Hiran Chaudhuri0
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