Showing posts with label key-mon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label key-mon. Show all posts

Friday, 30 September 2011

How to display the pressed keys on Ubuntu (Linux)

During the make of my latest video i faced a problem of displaying the keys i'm typing. I found an excellent tool for the job. There is a .deb to install. Here is a short feature list:

http://code.google.com/p/key-mon/

Features:

  • The window and buttons are scalable to any size.
  • Different keyboard themes/styles supported, for example the Mac look.
  • Can start without a window border to take up less space.
  • Right click provides an application menu.
  • Supports the META (aka Windows) key.
  • Supports the scroll wheel.
  • Supports all three mouse buttons.
  • Should support multiple mouses or keyboards.
  • Move the window by dragging from anywhere inside.
  • Swap the left and right mouse buttons for lefties.
  • Support for touch tablets.
  • Emulate middle click by clicking left and right mouse buttons.
  • When the dialog is smaller a different set of images are used for a better look.
  • Support for foreign keyboards.
  • Ability to make your own keyboard scancode maps, for when the defaults don't work.
  • Visible mouse click. Briefly show's a circle where you clicked.
  • Option to show only key combinations

Please comment if you know another tool for the job!

Thanks,
Dave