This is the first time I use the keyboard and the mouse via python and I am not sure whether it is not working or that I am doing something wrong.
I have imported: pywhatkit & pynput & pyautogui
KEYBOARD:
all of the above are running fine up to the moment I want to let them press enter (or any other key).
Mouse:
I can find the location of mouse via pyautogui 'x, y = pyautogui.position()' and this works fine and the x and y seems logical. However, changing the position via one of the above modules as well as clicking is not working.
It feels like that I am not authorised to make changes via python or something. The code isn't to hard and should be fine with the examples online. Is there a slider in MacOS that I need to switch?
One other thing that I found strange during this processes. when importing mouse it gives me this error:
import mouse
File "/Users/xxx/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mouse/init.py", line 56, in <module>
raise OSError("Unsupported platform '{}'".format(_platform.system()))
OSError: Unsupported platform 'Darwin'
That is strange due to the fact that 'platform.system()' returns 'Darwin'. So I have looked into the file and indeed Darwin is not part of the code (see code below). However when I google it, I find versions that do support this module (https://github.com/boppreh/keyboard/blob/master/keyboard/mouse.py). Why is my version not supporting MacOS?
Looking in this file it starts with the below (above is all text that's why it is as far down as line 56):
version = '0.7.1'
import time as _time
import platform as _platform
if _platform.system() == 'Windows':
from. import _winmouse as _os_mouse
elif _platform.system() == 'Linux':
from. import _nixmouse as _os_mouse
else:
raise OSError("Unsupported platform '{}'".format(_platform.system()))
Found it!
System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Accessibility -> Terminal slider
I'm trying to automate mouse and keyboard using pyautogui on linux container on my chromebook (official linux support) however, the mouse and keyboard are not responding to any function (moving, clicking, pressing keys ....) yet something like pyautogui.alert('This is the message to display.') works and pop up a window.
Is there anyway to make it work on the container?
It has been more than a year since this question was asked, and there still doesn't seem to be any answer... I can confirm that this pyautogui problem still exists. One clue, perhaps, is the error message produced if an attempt is made to run under sudo like this:
sudo idle [python program that controls mouse]
This generates the error message:
_tkinter.TclError: couldn't connect to display ":0"
Some folks seemed to suggest that an appropriate EXPORT statement might help this problem, but I couldn't determine the exact details...
I really hope there is some solution/workaround for this problem since manipulating the mouse & keyboard is critical in many applications!
import keyboard
def printPressedKey(e):
print("key pressed : {}".format(e.name))
keyboard.hook(printPressedKey)
keyboard.wait('esc')
this code prints pressed keys when I press esc. I want to print pressed keys as I press keys. How can I do this?
EDIT
This happens only when you execute python via nppexec in notepad++ so you just execute it on the console. Sorry for everyone ;(
Use pyinput package, it works well for both mouse and keyboard
https://pypi.org/project/pynput/
I am using pynput to record keystrokes via Listener on OS X Mojave. I am using Pycharm as my IDE for running the code.
I was not able to get it to work using the same example from the pynput site.
from pynput.keyboard import Listener as key_listener
class recorder:
def on_press(self, key):
print(key)
def on_release(self, key):
print(key)
if __name__ == "__main__":
testme = recorder()
with key_listener(on_press=testme.on_press, on_release=testme.on_release) as listener:
listener.join()
I did step through it and I get no errors (unless I put the with statement in a function, instead of in the main, but that's a known issue with threading in Mojave, from what I can tell after searching for that error), but everything stops at the .join() statement, and I get nothing printed when I press and release a key on my keyboard.
This is probably a bit late, but the answer is to go into:
Settings -> Security & Privacy
Click on the Privacy tab
Click the + Hold down CMD + SHIFT + . (so that you can see hidden
files/folders)
Navigate to /usr/local/bin or wherever you have Python installed
Click okay.
That should do it.
Note
If you try to run your app via the terminal, you will need to add the terminal.app to the list of allowed apps, as done above for Python.
Found the problem.
For some strange reasons; OSX is uber-picky about returning events, so unless you go in the security settings and enable Pycharm to be in the list of apps that are allowed to use accessibility, it won't work.
I didn't try on Windows yet, but I assume it will be the same issue. The only gripe I have is that I have no idea how to add Python itself to the list of supported accessibility apps; since the control panel does not allow me to go in /usr/local/bin, which is where I have Python3 installed (via Brew).
This is probably a bit late too, but the simple answer is to go into:
Preference
Security & Privacy
Input Monitoring
-> confirm PyCharm
Some people have stated that adding IDLE to supported accessibility apps is what allows python itself to run the listener.
while your in a finder window, if you press cmd+shft+'.' (period key) it will show hidden files, which will allow you to navigate to usr/local/bin and look for your python implementation.
On windows this is slightly different, I always run python/pycharm as admin and it never gives me any issues.
Try superuser ($sudo su) and run your python code in terminal, I think
it should work
Im was working with OSX 10.12 and pynput was only getting cmd ctrl fn and option keys when pressed but now in superuser it gets the keys.
Is there a way to clear the "Run" console in PyCharm?
I want a code that delete/hide all the print() made previously.
Like the "clear_all" button, but without having to press it manually.
I have read that there is a way to do it in a terminal with os.system("cls"), but in PyCharm, it only adds a small square without clearing anything.
Also, I don't want to use print("\n" *100) since I don't want to be able to scroll back and see the previous prints.
In Pycharm:
CMD + , (or Pycharm preferences);
Search: "clear all";
Double click -> Add keyboard shortcut (set it to CTRL + L or anything)
Enjoy this new hot key in your Pycharm console!
Pycharm Community Edition 2020.1.3
You can right click anywhere above the current line on the console, and choose the "Clear All" option. It'll clear the console
How to
Download this package https://github.com/asweigart/pyautogui. It allows python to send key strokes.
You may have to install some other packages first
If you are installing PyAutoGUI from PyPI using pip:
Windows has no dependencies. The Win32 extensions do not need to be
installed.
OS X needs the pyobjc-core and pyobjc module installed (in that
order).
Linux needs the python3-xlib (or python-xlib for Python 2) module
installed.
Pillow needs to be installed, and on Linux you may need to install additional libraries to make sure Pillow's PNG/JPEG works correctly. See:
Set a keyboard shortcut for clearing the run window in pycharm as explained by Taylan Aydinli
CMD + , (or Pycharm preferences);
Search: "clear all"; Double click ->
Add keyboard shortcut (set it to CTRL + L or anything)
Enjoy this new hot key in your Pycharm console!
Then if you set the keyboard shortcut for 'clear all' to Command + L use this in your python script
import pyautogui
pyautogui.hotkey('command', 'l')
Example program
This will clear the screen after the user types an input.
If you aren't focused on the tool window then your clear hot-key won't work, you can see this for yourself if you try pressing your hot-key while focused on, say, the editor, you won't clear the embedded terminals contents.
PyAutoGUI has no way of focusing on windows directly, to solve this you can try to find the coordinate where the run terminal is located and then send a left click to focus, if you don't already know the coordinates where you can click your mouse you can find it out with the following code:
import pyautogui
from time import sleep
sleep(2)
print(pyautogui.position())
An example of output:
(2799, 575)
and now the actual code:
import pyautogui
while True:
input_1 = input("?")
print(input_1)
pyautogui.click(x=2799, y=575)
pyautogui.hotkey('command', 'l')
Easy Method:
Shortcut: Control K,
Right click on terminal and clear Buffer
There's also another way of doing it using the system class from os. All you need to do is have this code:
from os import system, name
# define our clear function
def clear():
# for windows the name is 'nt'
if name == 'nt':
_ = system('cls')
# and for mac and linux, the os.name is 'posix'
else:
_ = system('clear')
# Then, whenever you want to clear the screen, just use this clear function as:
clear()
However, in order for this functionality to work in pycharm, you need to enable "Emulate terminal in output console". You can find this under edit configuration of the file where you want to use the clear function, then it's under Execution option. Here's a screenshot: pycharm screensho
You could just do a ("\n" * 100000000), so it'll be impossible to scroll back.
In PyCharm terminal you can type 'cls' just like in linux terminal.
For Python Console (where you see the output) assign a shortkey for "clear all" in File -> Settings -> Keymap -> Other -> "Clear all"
You can also click somewhere on the PythonConsole -> Right button -> clear.
Hope it helps
I just relised that instead of going to the trouble of setting up a shortcut, you could just set up a command using PyAutoGUI to click on the trash bin on the side of the window e.g
note, to install pyautogui click on the end of the import pyautogui line, then press alt+enter and click install pyautogui.
import pyautogui
# to find the coordinates of the bin...
from time import sleep
sleep(2) # hover your mouse over bin in this time
mousepos = pyautogui.position() gets current pos of mouse
x,y = mousepos # storing mouse position
print(mousepos) # prints current pos of mouse
# then to clear it;
pyautogui.click(x, y) # and just put this line of code wherever you want to clear it
(this isn't perfect thanks to the time it takes to run the code and using the mouse, but it is reasonable solution depending on what you are using it for.)
I hope this answer is helpful even though this is an old question.
Just click the trash can icon to the left of the command window and it clears the command history!
In PyCharm 2019.3.3 you can right click and select "Clear All" button.This is deleting all written data inside of the console and unfortunately this is manual.
Sorry to say this, here the main question is how to do it programmatically means while my code is running I want my code to clear previous data and at some stage and then continue running the code. It should work like reset button.
After spending some time on research I solved my problem using Mahak Khurmi's solution https://stackoverflow.com/a/67543234/16878188.
If you edit the run configuration you can enable "emulate terminal in output console" and you can use the os.system("cls") line and it will work normally.
Iconman had the easiest answer.
But simply printing "\n" * 20 (or whatever your terminal height is) will clear the screen, and the only difference is that the cursor is at the bottom.
I came here because I wanted to visually see how long each step of a complex process was taking (I'm implementing a progress bar), and the terminal is already full of scrolling logging information.
I ended up printing ("A" * 40) * 20, and then "B" and "C" etc., and then filming it. Reviewing the video made it easy to see how many seconds each step took. Yes I know I could use time-stamps, but this was fun!