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wshowkeys

Displays keypresses on screen on supported Wayland compositors (requires wlr_layer_shell_v1 support). Forked from https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/wshowkeys

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  • Linux  Wayland only
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What is wshowkeys?

Displays keypresses on screen on supported Wayland compositors (requires wlr_layer_shell_v1 support). Forked from https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/wshowkeys

https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/myshowkey/assets/30348075/944d9e92-ea6f-4017-9b50-11ba1a34ee32

Usage

wshowkeys [-b|-f|-s #RRGGBB[AA]] [-F font] [-t timeout] [-a top|left|right|bottom] [-m margin] [-o output]
  • -b #RRGGBB[AA]: set background color
  • -f #RRGGBB[AA]: set foreground color
  • -s #RRGGBB[AA]: set color for special keys
  • -F font: set font (Pango format, e.g. 'monospace 24')
  • -t timeout: set timeout before clearing old keystrokes(ms)
  • -a top|left|right|bottom: anchor the keystrokes to an edge. May be specified twice.
  • -m margin: set a margin (in pixels) from the nearest edge
  • -l lenmax: set the key layer lenmax
  • -o output: request wshowkeys is shown on the specified output (unimplemented)

example:

wshowkeys -a bottom -F 'Sans Bold 30' -s '#B5B520ff' -f '#ecd29cff' -b '#201B1488' -l 60

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