Input

Remember: In order to register input methods, screen.listen() must be called after your methods in your program!
All Input Methods
mousedown | When the mouse is pressed or is held, this will be called
mouseup     | When the mouse is released this is called
mousedrag | When the mouse is dragged, this is called anytime the mouse moves and is held.
mousemove | When the mouse moves, this method is called.
keydown     | When a key is pressed or is currently being held, this is called
keyup         | When a key is released this is called
exit           | Called when the Screen is abruptly closed or screen.exit() is called.
Example
from pydraw import *
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screen = Screen(800, 600, 'Input Example')
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box = Rectangle(screen, 375, 275, 50, 50, Color('gray17'))
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def mousedown(button, location):
    box.color(Color.random())
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def mouseup(button, location):
    box.rotate(1)
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def mousedrag(button, location):
    box.border(Color.random())
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def mousemove(location):
    box.lookat(location)
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def keydown(key):
    if key == 'w':
        box.move(dy=-5)
    elif key == 's':
        box.move(dy=5)
    if key == 'a':
        box.move(dx=-5)
    elif key == 'd':
        box.move(dx=5)
​
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def keyup(key):
    if key == 'v':
        box.clone()
​
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screen.listen()
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fps = 30
running = True
while running:
    screen.update()
    screen.sleep(1 / fps)

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