I know it's a little late, but here's a solution, though it's not a
good one. Disclaimer: I wrote this on a Linux box, so I don't know if
it will work on windows. (See attached file)
Essentially, you let the OS's Alt-Tab do its thing, then just bring
the game back to the forefront. I assume the game is fullscreen to
start with, and when the user hits "ALT TAB", the game becomes
windowed, then fullscreen again.
As for the windows key, I think you'll want to check for K_LSUPER and
K_RSUPER, but I'm not sure. (see the key constants here:
http://www.pygame.org/docs/ref/key.html)
Brad
PS: Do all Father/Mother programmers try to write a game for their 1-year-old?
'''
This is an example that shows a hack to prevent Alt-Tab switching
If we find an Alt-Tab key combination, make the game Windowed, then
immediately make it fullscreen again. We'll see a quick "blink" when
this happens.
Written by Brad Montgomery (bradmontgomery.net) on 2008-03-08.
This code is public domain. Have fun and be nice.
'''
import sys, pygame
from pygame.locals import *
resolution = (800,600)
keys = [] # list of keys to remember
num_keys_to_remember = 3
def input(events):
''' A function to handle keyboard/mouse/device input events. '''
global keys
for event in events:
if event.type == QUIT or (event.type == KEYDOWN and event.key == K_ESCAPE):
sys.exit(0)
elif event.type == KEYDOWN:
if len(keys) >= num_keys_to_remember:
keys = []
keys.append(event.key)
# check for Alt-Tab
if K_TAB in keys and (K_RALT in keys or K_LALT in keys):
print 'Caught ALT-TAB'
if pygame.display.get_active:
pygame.display.toggle_fullscreen() # sets app to not-fullscreen
pygame.display.toggle_fullscreen() # sets fullscreen again
keys = [] # since we caught what we were
# looking for (ALT-TAB), reset this list.
def main():
''' make the display blink '''
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800,600), FULLSCREEN)
pygame.display.set_caption('test')
R = 0
G = 0
B = 0
screen.fill((R,G,B))
while True:
input(pygame.event.get()) # handle input events.
# change the colors...
if R == 255: R = 0
else: R += 1
screen.fill((R,G,B))
pygame.display.flip()
##############################################################
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
