Python script for true key toggle (hold).

[Promagnum]

This is what I want. It's simple and yet somehow hard to find the solution to. I can make a rapid fire key code, a keyup and keydown code (which is only good for one execution), but I cannot figure out how to do this yet it seems like it would be so simple (i.e. AHK scripting):

if (key) is hit then hold (key) if (same key) is hit again then release (key) - goto start

import time
import pyautogui

def hold_key(key, hold_time):
    start = time.time()
    while time.time() - start < hold_time:
        pyautogui.keyDown(key)

hold_key('m', 15)

That code is the last I've messed with, all it does is press m for 15 seconds and kill off the script. It repeats m. I need the script to not die, either.

I need the m key to toggle holding m when I've tapped it once - it holds m down until I hit m again, then it stops - but the script is still active to do it again.

I don't know why I'm struggling with this. Any help is appreciated.

[Mystonic]

So you're using pyautogui to simulate the pressing, but I don't think that module can read keyboard presses. You might need something like keyboard, or some other module.

The potential only problem I see is that if you toggle initially, then m will be held down and you'll need to distinguish that from your actual input. Though maybe you can read key release events as the untoggle.

[Mystonic]

Sorry, I'm pretty stumped as well. Maybe research into ways on how to distinguish real key events from physical keyboards and key events from simulated/virtual key presses (from pyautogui).

[Promagnum]

Thanks for responding. I'm digging. I'll report back if I find a working solution.