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Most levers you can lift up to pull the latch. Especially passage levers like that one.
Not all. The safety doors for roof access at our building only work in one direction, up. I've been told you can set any of them up to only work in one direction. Just like some can not be unlocked and require to key to open every time. Same doorknob different setup. But I agree that picture is from the inside.
The outside of those kind of doors pretty much universally, operate from the outside with a key. There may be some edge cases I'm not thinking about but they wouldn't apply to a living space.
That specific type of lock doesnt use a key, they just have a spring loaded bolt (? sorry, dont know terminology in english) and no real locking mechanism. Thats what the deadbolt on top is for
Yes, that was my original point, I was responding to the roof door example.
Apologies. I was having to much fun replying to the experts I didnt noticed.