Detecting key combinations using pyhook

Question

I am currently using pyhook to capture keys using the hook manager's KeyDown event. This allows me to capture all single keys pressed on the keyboard.

However, I haven't been able to find a way to capture key combinations. For example, the event where Ctrl, Alt and 5 are all pressed at the same time, or [ and ] at the same time, and so on.

Is there a way to do this with pyhook that doesn't involve additional modules? For example, I've found pyhk which seems like it would do the job, but would rather have as few dependencies as possible.

(This question is a more generic version (not a duplicate) of this one, for which the accepted answer only seems to deal with virtual key modifiers like Ctrl.)

Answer 1

I know that this is quite old, however I do something like this using the window key-release event:

def _cb_event(self,widget,event,data=None):
    keyval = event.keyval
    keyname = gtk.gdk.keyval_name(keyval)
    mod = gtk.accelerator_get_label(keyval,event.state)
    keys=mod.upper()
    if keys=='SHIFT+F12':
        etc....

I did not use pyhook for this.