screenkey

A screencast tool to display keys pressed. More information: <https://www.thregr.org/~wavexx/software/screenkey/>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/screenkey.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install screenkey
Ubuntu
apt-get install screenkey
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install screenkey
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install screenkey
Raspbian
apt-get install screenkey

A screencast tool to display keys pressed. More information: <https://www.thregr.org/~wavexx/software/screenkey/>.

  • Display keys which are currently being pressed on the screen:
    screenkey
  • Display keys and mouse buttons which are currently being pressed on the screen:
    screenkey --mouse
  • Launch the settings menu of screenkey:
    screenkey --show-settings
  • Launch screenkey at a specific position:
    screenkey --position top|center|bottom|fixed
  • Change the format of the key modifiers displayed on screen:
    screenkey --mods-mode normal|emacs|mac|win|tux
  • Change the appearance of screenkey:
    screenkey --bg-color "#a1b2c3" --font Hack --font-color yellow --opacity 0.8
  • Drag and select a window on screen to display screenkey:
    screenkey --position fixed --geometry $(slop -n -f '%g')

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