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How can I see a visual overlay of shortcut keys I’ve pressed?
I'm planning to start a coding side-project in mid-November, and I would like to record some of my work on it as a screencast. I'll be doing this on a Mac running Mountain Lion.
I'd like to do one special thing, though: I'd like to be able to include a small display in one corner of my screen that pops up whenever I press a key combination including a meta-key (Ctrl+H, for instance, or Cmd+Shift+L). To me, this makes it much easier to follow.
So I'm looking for either screen-recording software which provides that functionality as a plug-in or a stand-alone program that will display key combinations onscreen. It should be able to float in the foreground over whatever I'm doing, but remain invisible (or very subtle) unless I'm holding Ctrl, Cmd, AltorFn. It should also work without my intervention (i.e., I shouldn't have to manually do something extra every time I'm pressing some keys I want it to display). Does anyone know of a program or combination of programs that will do this (paid is fine)?
Edit: in earlier versions of Mac OS X, there was an option under Sticky Keys to turn on this functionality. But I hate Sticky Keys, so I'm trying to avoid it unless I absolutely need it for this.
Arkaaito
Posted 2012-10-27T18:24:28.017
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I've not heard of anything like it. Maybe this should be your first coding project? – Everett – 2012-10-27T18:28:25.490
Very meta, but I'm allowing someone else to pick the project I do (long story), so I don't think it will work out for this one. I suppose I can write something prior to starting the screencast series if I really must, but I'm still hopeful there's something out there which can be bent to this purpose... – Arkaaito – 2012-10-27T18:35:53.123
I have version 2 of this software (and am upgrading next month). They may have what you are after. http://www.telestream.net/screenflow/partners.htm#leapingbrain
– Everett – 2012-10-27T18:56:28.373Another related question at Ask Different.
– Lri – 2012-10-28T15:30:46.643Ahh! Thank you for the link, Lauri. My search-fu failed me on this one. Mouseposé looks like exactly what I was looking for. Embarrassingly, I can't summarily close my own question, only vote to close it, but the linked question is equivalent. – Arkaaito – 2012-10-28T19:07:52.140