[Tutor] Tab key in tkinter

[Alan G]

   I am guessing but it is probably similar to the function keys _did you try
   them with your code? Look at the event driven programming page in my tutor
   to see how I dealt with those, something similar should be possible.
   Alan g
   On 24 Oct 2019 03:20, Jim <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:

     I needed to know the keycodes for the tab and return keys. When I was
     searching for them I came across this little program. I modified it to
     give me the keycodes. It seems to work with every key I tried except the

     tab key. I wonder why? The tab key does work in my editor.

     # bind and show a key press event with Tkinter
     # tested with Python24      vegaseat     20nov2006
     from tkinter import *
     root = Tk()
     prompt = '      Press any key      '
     label1 = Label(root, text=prompt, width=len(prompt), bg='yellow')
     label1.pack()
     def key(event):
          if event.char == event.keysym:
              msg = 'Normal Key %r' % event.keycode #event.char
          elif len(event.char) == 1:
              msg = 'Punctuation Key %r (%r)' % (event.keycode, event.char)
       #(event.keysym, event.char)
              # added by me
              if event.keycode == 23:
                  print('tab')
              else:
                  print('nada')
          else:
              msg = 'Special Key %r' % event.keycode #event.keysym
              # added by me
              if event.keycode == 23:
                  print('tab')
              else:
                  print('nada')
          label1.config(text=msg)
     root.bind_all('<Key>', key)
     root.mainloop()

     Thanks,  Jim

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