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Where could I find a small Windows utility to show the current status of the Ctrl, Shift and Alt keys? Something that lives in the system tray or otherwise "always on top"? Just little "lights" to say "Ctrl is pressed!"
Chris Simmons
Posted 2010-02-28T19:55:04.197
Reputation: 247
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Done:
http://svn.lando.us/joey/Public/SO/SU114626
Used the low-level keyboard hook code by Stephen Taub. May contain bugs, malfunctions and other weird things. May eat babies without prior warning. Right-click to close.
Feel free to use or adapt the code as you see fit.
Joey
Posted 2010-02-28T19:55:04.197
Reputation: 36 381
@Chris: Well, not the prettiest one and sorta hacked together but at least it works :)
I thought about a notification icon but I wasn't able to cram the strings »Ctrl«, »Alt« and »Shift« into a 16×16 px² image and three notification icons were a little too much, I thought. Anyway, should be trivial to adapt if the need arises :) – Joey – 2010-03-01T19:08:35.953
Rössel: Hey, it fits the bill just fine. Thank you thank you! – Chris Simmons – 2010-03-02T00:33:16.120
1Done. I should probably put this on Github, I guess. – Joey – 2012-11-11T13:25:40.050
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While waiting for Joey to fix his link, I made another one. Download the executable (and code) here: https://github.com/Elusive138/KeyStatus/downloads
It uses basically the same method as Joey's, and supports the Windows key. The display is a little much bigger.
Do whatever you want, no warranty, yadda yadda yadda
Bob
Posted 2010-02-28T19:55:04.197
Reputation: 51 526
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Windows on-screen keyboard fits your "always on top" and "small Windows utility" criteria. Each time Caps Lock or a modifier key is pressed it'll be highlighted on the on-screen keyboard. It's built-in so you don't need a 3rd party app.
phuclv
Posted 2010-02-28T19:55:04.197
Reputation: 14 930
THIS looks so good, unfortunately only in Linux :) http://code.google.com/p/key-mon/
– None – 2010-02-28T21:52:36.007