How do I make an InputEvent in gdscript

Question

Okay what I am doing is setting up a controls menu. Where the player can change the InputMap's actions. Example:

func _input(event):
    InputMap.action_add_event("ui_accept",event)
    if event.is_action("ui_accept"):
          print(InputMap.get_action_list("ui_accept"))

I also want a preset menu where gdscript manually creates InputEvents. How ever I can't find out how to do that in gdscript. I've tried doing this, but KEY_W is only an int not an actually InputEvent.

func _on_create_preset_input_pressed():
    var new_input = KEY_W
    InputMap.add_action("move_up")
    InputMap.action_add_event("move_up",new_input)`

Comments

(SIDE NOTE) What is up with my formatting? i used /`/ why are tabs not showing properly?

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for formatting multiline code correctly you have to leave a blank line and write everything with 4 blank spaces indentation extra. Something like this:

(blank line)
(four spaces)func _process(delta):
(four spaces)(four spaces) print("hola")

will render like this

func _process(delta):
    print("hola")

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Thank you. Now If only my real question was solved.

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hi, i have a question... is only the seccond part what is not working? i mean, this?

func _on_create_preset_input_pressed():
    var new_input = KEY_W
    InputMap.add_action("move_up")
    InputMap.action_add_event("move_up",new_input)`

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Yes. _on_create_preset_input_pressed()

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I posted an answer with the code you should use. It works for me.

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Oh, i see you already found the answer.

Answer 1

You can do this:

func _on_create_preset_input_pressed():
    var new_input = InputEventKey.new()
    new_input.set_scancode(KEY_W)
    InputMap.add_action("move_up")
    InputMap.action_add_event("move_up",new_input)

Answer 2

Okay so Godot Has different ways of setting info on InputEvents.
For Input Event Key it's set_scancode and KEY_(WHATEVER)
InputEventKey.new().set_scancode(KEY_W)

For InputEventMouseButton it's set_button_index and BUTTON(WHATEVER) OR BUTTONWHEEL_(WHATEVER)
InputEventMouseButton.new().set_button_index(BUTTON_LEFT)

(For the complete list you can check the source code it's /core/os/input_event.cpp)

Answer 3

For people using the answers here:

I tried doing it with one line:
InputEventKey.new().setscancode(KEYW)
but my game kept crashing and I found out that I had to assign it to a variable first otherwise it doesn't work. Like so:
var event = InputEventKey.new()
event.setscancode(KEYW)

So be careful