Checking a specific key with pynput in Python

Question

dpressed = 0

def on_press(key):

    if key == (\'d\'):
        global dpressed
        dpressed+=1
        logging.info(\"D: %s\" % dpressed)

Whe

Answer 1

You need to format the key to char format else it won't be equeal to the specific character.

Try

if key.char == ('d'):

Full code being:

dpressed = 0

def on_press(key):

    if key.char == ('d'):
        global dpressed
        dpressed+=1
        logging.info("D: %s" % dpressed)