[Tkinter-discuss] some key symbols

[Fredrik Lundh]

Ilknur Ozturk wrote:

> I am using keyboard to send the parameters to my functions. 
> (event.keysym), but some of the keys are not working. Those are +, - and 
> Break. The keysym for those keys in Tkinter book are defined as /Add, 
> Subtruct/ and /Cancel .  /Is there anyone else who knows the correct 
> symbols?

plus, minus, and Cancel sounds more likely.

here's a little program that prints the keysym when you press a key:

	import Tkinter

	def callback(e):
	    print e.keysym, repr(e.char)

	w = Tkinter.Frame(width=512, height=512)
	w.bind("<KeyPress>", callback)
	w.focus_set()
	w.pack()

	w.mainloop()

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