I am using python and tkinter, and wish to capture if an arrow key is pressed, when one of the alternate keys is down. I have the following working, for detecting shift, or control, but I can't figure out what the the mask needs to be for detecting if an alternate key is down when an arrow key is pressed. if event.keysym == 'space': print("space bar") if event.state & 0x0001: # shift key if event.keysym == 'Down': print("shift and down arrow") elif event.keysym == 'Up': print("shift and up arrow") elif event.keysym == 'Left': print("shift and left arrow") elif event.keysym == 'Right': print("shift and right arrow") elif event.state & 0x0004: # control key if event.keysym == 'Down': print("control and down arrow") elif event.keysym == 'Up': print("control and up arrow") elif event.keysym == 'Left': print("control and left arrow") elif event.keysym == 'Right': print("control and right arrow") elif event.state & 0x????: # alternate key --- 0x???? if event.keysym == 'Down': print("alternate and down arrow") elif event.keysym == 'Up': print("alternate and up arrow") elif event.keysym == 'Left': print("alternate and left arrow") elif event.keysym == 'Right': print("alternate and right arrow") Continue reading...