pywinauto.win32_hooks¶
Windows global hooks in pure Python
The implementation uses foreign function interface (FFI) provided by standard Python module ctypes and inspired by pyHook, pyhooked and other similar modules (the code was re-written from scratch). It tends to be a superset of pyHook but in pure Python only so it doesn’t require compilation.
- Current set of hooks implemented:
- WH_MOUSE_LL
- WH_KEYBOARD_LL
More detailed documentation about Windows hooks can be found in MSDN: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms632589.aspx
This module can be used as a stand alone or along with pywinauto. The fork of this code (at some moment) was used in standalone library pyhooked 0.8 maintained by Ethan Smith.
- class
pywinauto.win32_hooks.
Hook
¶Hook for low level keyboard and mouse events
hook
(keyboard=True, mouse=False)¶Hook mouse and/or keyboard events
is_hooked
()¶Verify if any of hooks are active
listen
()¶Listen for events
stop
()¶Stop the listening loop
unhook_keyboard
()¶Unhook keyboard events
unhook_mouse
()¶Unhook mouse events
- class
pywinauto.win32_hooks.
KeyboardEvent
(current_key=None, event_type=None, pressed_key=None)¶Created when a keyboard event happened
- class
pywinauto.win32_hooks.
MouseEvent
(current_key=None, event_type=None, mouse_x=0, mouse_y=0)¶Created when a mouse event happened