Hook Mouse clicks and intercept them

Question

I am currently trying to stop mouse clicks while my Script is running and still work with them. If you are confused about the use case I will elaborate at the end of the question.

Currently I can get clicks like this:

import mouse
import time

def mouseHook(event):
    if type(event) == mouse.ButtonEvent:
        print(event)

mouse.hook(mouseHook)
while 1:
    time.sleep(0.25)

But this still lets the clicks go through, how would I intercept them?

use case: simulate a monitor and while mouse is on that monitor send all movements, clicks and keypresses to MacBook (similar to Synergy, Mouse without Borders or Share Mouse)

Lukas Schmid · Answer

The hook used by the application only 'hooks' into the process, which means it gets information from it, but can't insert or modify it's code.

For reference on windows that would use (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/legacy/ms644988(v=vs.85))

The easiest way would be to have your application ignore the mouseclicks.

Hook Mouse clicks and intercept them

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