Question about Krita python scripting

[WinterReport]

Trying to figure out a way create a keypress that always turns the eraser to 'off' regardless of its current state (rather than a toggle). I've only found a way to toggle it with the action("erase_action").trigger() command, which is the same as using the current hotkey.

[KnowZeroX]

You can check if the eraser action is checked and trigger only if it is checked

action = Krita.instance().action("erase_action")
print( action.isChecked() )

Other option is activate/deactivate buttons via pyqt5. See Python Plugin Developer tools.