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from __future__ import print_function # For py 2.7 compat
from IPython.html import widgets # Widget definitions
from IPython.display import display # Used to display widgets in the notebook
from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode # Used to declare attributes of our widget

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class TestWidget(widgets.DOMWidget):
    _view_name = Unicode('TestView', sync=True)
    
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super(TestWidget, self).__init__(**kwargs)
        self.on_msg(self._handle_button_msg)

    def _handle_button_msg(self, _, content):
        if content.get('event', '') == 'click':
            self.on_click(content)
        elif content.get('event', '') == 'keypress':
            self.on_key_press(content)

    def on_click(self, content):
        print("Button {b}".format(b=content['button']))

    def on_key_press(self, content):
        print("Key {c}".format(c=content['code']))

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%%javascript
require(["widgets/js/widget"], function(WidgetManager){
    
    var TestView = IPython.DOMWidgetView.extend({
        render: function(){
            
            this.$canvas = $('<canvas />')
                .attr('width', '200')
                .attr('height', '100')
                .attr('style', 'background: black;')
                .attr('tabindex', '1')
                .appendTo(this.$el);
        },
        
        events: {
            'keydown': 'keypress',
            'click': 'click',
        },

        keypress: function(e) {
            var code = e.keyCode || e.which;
            this.send({event: 'keypress', code: code});
        },

        click: function(e) {
            this.send({event: 'click', button: e.button});
        }
    });
    
    WidgetManager.register_widget_view('TestView', TestView);
});

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my_widget = TestWidget()
display(my_widget)

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