May 2018
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To create an event with event_generate(), we need to pass in an event sequence string, in the format <EventModifier-EventType-EventDetail>.
Event type specifies the kind of event we're sending, such as a keystroke, mouse click, windowing event, and so on.
Tkinter has around 30 event types, but you will typically only need to work with the following:
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Event types
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Description
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| ButtonPress | Also Button, represents a mouse button click |
| ButtonRelease | Represents lifting off a mouse button |
| KeyPress | Also Key, represents pressing a keyboard key |
| KeyRelease | Represents lifting off a keyboard key |
| FocusIn | Represents giving focus to a widget |
| FocusOut | Represents exiting a widget |
| Enter | Represents the mouse cursor ... |