Pause listener while using Controller().type

[Jzege]

When I type something programatically, the listener records what I type and more:

from pynput import keyboard

def on_release(key):
    print key

# type A1 when I press tab
def expander(msg, data):
    if data.vkCode == 0x9 and msg == 256:
        listener.suppress_event()
    elif data.vkCode == 0x9 and msg == 257:
        keyboard.Controller().type("A1")
        listener.suppress_event()

with keyboard.Listener(on_release=on_release, win32_event_filter=expander) as listener:
    listener.join()

Types "A1" in a text editor, but the listener gives:

u'A'
u'1'
u'\x00'
u'1'

Process finished with exit code 1

Is there a way to stop listening while I programmatically type something with pynput?

[SpecialCharacter]

I have the same issue.
(See also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45250525/programmed-a-keylistener-but-it-executes-everything-twice?noredirect=1#comment77950594_45250525)

Additionally, I think this behavior messes with the deadkeys.

[moses-palmer]

@SpecialCharacter I have made a comment on StackOverflow, and also pushed a branch for testing here. If you find the time to test it, I would be grateful. The fix removed the additional event triggered by the controller, and the simple test case posted by you on StackOverflow appears to pass.

@Jzege Your issue is a bit more complicated. It appears that KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT::vkCode can be set to VK_PACKET. In this case, KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT::scanCode is set to the UTF-16 representation of the key.

The testing branch includes a fix for this as well; if KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT::vkCode is VK_PACKET, it will use KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT::scanCode as a raw unicode character. If you find any issues, please report them here.

[Jzege]

Works great so far, thank you.

[moses-palmer]

The fix has been merged in pynput 1.3.6.

[SpecialCharacter]

Great! All "ghost keys" are gone! Thank you so much! Bernd :) Am 13.08.2017 um 18:55 schrieb moses-palmer:

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