textual/docs/guide/input.md

Input

This chapter will discuss how to make your app respond to input in the form of key presses and mouse actions.

!!! quote

More Input!

— Johnny Five

Key events

The most fundamental way to receive input in via Key events. Let's take a closer look at key events with an app that will display key events as you type.

=== "key01.py"

```python title="key01.py" hl_lines="12-13"
--8<-- "docs/examples/guide/input/key01.py"
```

=== "Output"

```{.textual path="docs/examples/guide/input/key01.py", press="T,e,x,t,u,a,l,!,_"}
```

Note the key event handler which