event.getKeys() and keyboard.getKeys() return empty list after force end routine with keypress (Apple silicon M4)

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If you have a keyboard component called key_resp set to store the last key, then that key is key_resp.keys (which will be None if no key is pressed – can the routine end without a keypress?)

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Use keyboard components instead of event.getKeys() The keyboard component in PsychoPy Builder uses the Keyboard class, which has better timing than the older event module. If you want to identify whether a key has been pressed in Each Frame then code of the form keys = event.getKeys() can be replaced with keys = [] if key_resp.keys: # Keyboard component should store all keys and not force the end of the routine if len(key_resp.keys) > nKeys: # Add nKeys = 0 in Begin Routine keys =…