KeyPress OSD: Features
- Support for at least 110 keyboard layouts covering about 55 languages. It recognizes keys with Shift, AltGr and dead keys for each of these layouts.
- Automatic detection of keyboard layouts.
- Show previously pressed key if fired quickly.
- Count key presses or key fires and mouse clicks.
- Indicators for Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock states.
- Option to ignore specific keys.
- Typing mode. It shows what you are typing in an expanding text area.
- Virtual caret/cursor navigation:
- Navigate through typed text in the OSD in synch with the text field of the host application.
- Basic support for copy, paste, cut and undo with Ctrl + A / Z / X / C / V.
- Support for text selections.
- Shortcuts to copy the text from the active text field into the OSD, or paste the OSD content to it.
- Only typing mode option.
- Typed text history with Page Up/Down. On pressing Enter or Escape, it records the written line and you can get back to it with Page Up.
- Automatic resizing of OSD/HUD or fixed size.
- Customizable size, position and colors.
- Hides or switches position automatically when mouse runs over it.
- Customizable visual mouse clicks and idle mouse highlighter.
- Distinct beepers for different types of keys and buttons or when typing with Capslock.
- Clipboard monitor. It displays briefly texts copied to clipboard.
- Live text capture with Capture2Text (*)
- Multi-monitor support.
- Portable. No need to install/uninstall. Settings stored in an easy to read INI file.
- Easy to configure with many options in Settings windows to toggle features and customize behavior and look.
- Option to update to the latest version.
(*) You must have Capture2Text running and Pause/Break set as a shortcut for "Text line capture". Copy to clipboard option must be enabled as well.
In this way, KeyPress OSD can continously display the texts detected by Capture2Text underneath the mouse cursor.
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