Question

It’s kinda hard to explain, but I will try my best.

I have this part on my code

def hideConsole():
    hideConsole = win32console.GetConsoleWindow()
    win32gui.ShowWindow(hideConsole, 0)

which hides the console, and I have this part to enable it

def onKeyboardEvent(event):
    if event.KeyID == 192 and event.Alt == 32:
        hideConsole()
    return True

how can I make a “system” where when I press the key combination one time, the console hides, and the next time, the console will show up? (change the hideConsole, 1 value)

Answer 1

You can use a function attribute that you switch between true and false on each call:

def toggleConsole():
    toggleConsole.show = not getattr(toggleConsole, "show", True)
    console = win32console.GetConsoleWindow()
    win32gui.ShowWindow(console, int(toggleConsole.show))

Here is a quick example of how this works:

>>> def test():
...     test.show = not getattr(test, "show", True)
...     print int(test.show)
... 
>>> test()
0
>>> test()
1
>>> test()
0