Key Status Monitor
Key Status Monitor is a GTK+ application that graphically monitors and displays the status of your mouse buttons and the Alt/Ctrl/Shift keys on your keyboard. It is useful for various applications, including video tutorial work to allow viewers to see what is happening outside of the recorded area.
Download and Installation
The Key Status Monitor requires Python, GTK+, pygtk, and the Linux kernel event device interface must be loaded. If your system meets these requirements, please continue!
Download the Key Status Monitor (Release 5)
Exract the archive and enter the newly created key-status-5 directory. From there you can then run the monitor using "./key-status" assuming you have the proper permissions to access /dev/input/event0 and /dev/input/event1. If not, you may need to run the monitor as root. If your keyboard and mouse event devices are different, you can set them by editing key-status in a text editor.
Please use key-status --help to see a list of available options that can be passed to the key status monitor!
Contributers
- Daniel G. Taylor (code)
- Jiri Hnidek (code) <jiri dot hnidek at vslib cz>
- Jakub (jimmac) Steiner (artwork) <jakub at ximian dot com>