Tkinter Binding "<Control-Key-n>" vs. "<Control-n>"

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I have a question:

When binding a function in tkinter, there are many ways to do it. Two of the ways are:

# Method 1
root.bind('<Control-n>', ExampleFunction)

# Method 2
root.bind('<Control-Key-n>', ExampleFunction)

What would be the difference between Control-n and Control-Key-n?

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1 Answers

Functionally, there is no difference.

Control-Key-n is an event specifier consisting of

  1. The modifier Control (the control key was held down when the event occurred.)
  2. The event type Key (short for KeyPress)
  3. The event detail n (specifically, the n key was pressed).

From man n bind:

If a keysym detail is given, then the type field may be omitted; it will default to KeyPress. For example, <Control-comma> is equivalent to <Control-KeyPress-comma>.

So <Control-n> is just an abbreviated form of <Control-Key-n> (which itself is an abbreviated form of <Control-KeyPress-n>): n alone is equivalent to Key-n.

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