Bug 488008 - Wayland: capture key strokes and display them with OSD while recording screen
Summary: Wayland: capture key strokes and display them with OSD while recording screen
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: xdg-desktop-portal-kde
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
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Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2024-06-04 08:32 UTC by Andrea Ippolito
Modified: 2024-06-11 20:33 UTC (History)
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Description Andrea Ippolito 2024-06-04 08:32:05 UTC 
I couldn't find a way, in a Wayland session, to display key strokes on the screen via an OSD.

This would be particularly helpful while recording screencasts. I have tried `screenkey` but it's X11 only (and I guess every other similar app as well). My understanding is that this is once again one of those responsibilities that Wayland is putting on the compositor.

It would be great to have a feature that can be used by any screen recording app (e.g. you just enable a key strokes OSD feature in Plasma, and then any screen recording app recording the entire screen or region will "see" it), but also having this just in Spectacle would be a very good start.

Thanks