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KeyboardEvent

KeyboardEvent class has the following properties:

alt​

Whether a logical ALT modifier key was pressed, regardless of which side of the keyboard it is on. For example, Alt or Option.

Value is of type bool.

ctrl​

Whether a logical CTRL modifier key is pressed, regardless of which side of the keyboard it is on. For example, Ctrl.

Value is of type bool.

key​

A textual representation of the pressed keyboard key, e.g. A, Enter or F5.

Value is of type str.

meta​

Whether a logical META modifier key is pressed, regardless of which side of the keyboard it is on. For example, the Command.

Value is of type bool.

shift​

Whether the Shift key was pressed.

Value is of type bool.

Usage Example​

import flet as ft

class ButtonControl(ft.Container):
    def __init__(self, text):
        super().__init__()
        self.content = ft.Text(text)
        self.border = ft.border.all(1, ft.colors.BLACK54)
        self.border_radius = 3
        self.bgcolor = "0x09000000"
        self.padding = 10
        self.visible = False


def main(page: ft.Page):
    def on_keyboard(e: ft.KeyboardEvent):
        key.content.value = e.key
        key.visible = True
        shift.visible = e.shift
        ctrl.visible = e.ctrl
        alt.visible = e.alt
        meta.visible = e.meta
        page.update()

    page.on_keyboard_event = on_keyboard

    key = ButtonControl("")
    shift = ButtonControl("Shift")
    ctrl = ButtonControl("Control")
    alt = ButtonControl("Alt")
    meta = ButtonControl("Meta")

    page.spacing = 50
    page.vertical_alignment = "center"
    page.horizontal_alignment = "center"
    page.add(
        ft.Text(
            "Press any key with a combination of CTRL, ALT, SHIFT and META keys..."
        ),
        ft.Row([key, shift, ctrl, alt, meta], alignment=ft.MainAxisAlignment.CENTER),
    )

ft.app(main)