A screencast tool to display your keys, inspired by Screenflick. This major rewrite features: Several keyboard translation methods,
Key composition/input method support,
Configurable font/size/position,
Highlighting of recent keystrokes,
Improved backspace processing,
Normal/Emacs/Mac caps modes,
Multi-monitor support,
Dynamic recording control by pressing both control keys,
Switch for visible shift and modifier sequences only.
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1.503 Feb 2025 17:53
minor feature:
New LockScreen detection from Marc Lavallée prevents passwords from. Being shown right after unlocking the screen when possible (new `dbus` dependency required). Keypad number keys are now displayed correctly. Additional mouse buttons are now shown as "M x " instead of being. Incorrectly displayed as Ctrl/Alt modifiers. The new `--window` command line flag allows to display screenkey as a regular window instead of an overlay. This can be useful for. Recording screenkey as an independent overlay during screencasts And/or to manage the window position through the window manager. New German translation thanks to Maik Schmalle. Regression that would keep the overlay visible when using Ctrl. Sequences with the mouse visualization disabled. Regression causing a backtrace instead of a proper error message. During initialization errors. Crash happening due to screen size and/or resolution changes while. Screenkey is running. Prettify JSON configuration file.
1.208 Aug 2020 16:00
major feature:
Now supports FontAwesome 5 in addition to FontAwesome 4.
New multimedia keys for: bluetooth, tools, favorites.
New Catalan translation thanks to Eduard Ereza Martínez.
Updated Simplified Chinese translation by @WhiredPlanck.
New flag --start-disabled by Laurence Tratt to start screenkey in disabled state.
Fix crash due to a race condition thanks to Roope Salmi.
Fix incorrect value for "Compress repeats" in settings.
1.128 May 2020 13:53
major feature:
1.021 May 2020 08:23
major feature:
0.916 May 2016 06:05
minor feature:
screenkey 0.9
Ctrl+Ctrl detection now works correctly in more scenarios.
Ctrl++ (and similar sequences with repeated characters) are now shown as.
Ctrl+"+" for improved readability.
Shift+Backspace is now recognized and shown correctly.
Several multimedia keys are now supported. If "FontAwesome" is installed.
the correct symbol is also displayed instead of a text abbreviation.
Visualization of whitespace characters can now be controlled.
Repeated key sequences are now abbreviated with a repeat count if above the.
specified threshold (3 by default).
0.8.127 Nov 2015 07:45
minor feature:
Screenkey 0.8.1
Startup in Ubuntu without using `--no-detach`.
Desktop menu file.
0.806 Nov 2015 00:45
minor feature:
screenkey 0.8
Alt+Shift mapping on stock altgr-intl keyboard layouts.
Correctly stay above fullscreen windows.
Do not mask pointer/keyboard events: allow the mouse to be used normally.
"under" the output window.
Improved interactive positioning (slop is required).
Allow KeySyms to be ignored (added `--ignore` on the command line), for.
better interaction with custom keyboard maps.
0.718 Sep 2015 03:15
minor feature:
Screenkey 0.7.0
Font color, background color and opacity are now fully configurable.
The saved state of boolean settings (persistent, modifiers only, etc) is.
Correctly restored when changed from the settings dialog.
0.6.208 Sep 2015 03:15
minor feature:
HiDPI support. Initial state of "Persistent window" in the preferences. Allow to reset the stored the geometry from the preferences also when. Changed interactively.
0.6.120 Aug 2015 11:09
major feature:
Key composition/input method support. A new setting (always show Shift) has been added to always add "Shift" in modifier sequences which contain capitalizable letters. CapsLock and NumLock status (on/off) is now shown when pressed.
0.518 Aug 2015 14:58
minor bugfix:
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