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[GH-ISSUE #200] Svelte enhancement: ability to adjust width, don't clear on special key-combinations, and print counter on repeat keys #171

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opened 2026-05-05 05:03:17 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 5 comments

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Originally created by @poetaman on GitHub (Apr 4, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/keycastr/keycastr/issues/200

I am looking "Svelte" with this enhancement:

ability to increase width (perhaps entire width of screen)
the special key-combinations like <Ctrl-a>, <Shift-a>, <Command-a>, etc to not clear the Svelte window. I mean the combinations like <Ctrl>-a will appear in the stream of keystrokes, as of now in Svelte mode the window is cleared & it flashes the key combination pressed and clears screen again. This does not work for doing screencasts for text editors like Vim as some commands can involve these special key combinations as subset.
don't print repeat keys, instead print a counter like for C-n in:

So, essentially be more like https://www.thregr.org/~wavexx/software/screenkey/

Originally created by @poetaman on GitHub (Apr 4, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/keycastr/keycastr/issues/200 I am looking "Svelte" with this enhancement: 1) ability to increase width (perhaps entire width of screen) 2) the special key-combinations like ``<Ctrl-a>``, ``<Shift-a>``, ``<Command-a>``, etc to not clear the Svelte window. I mean the combinations like ``<Ctrl>-a`` will appear in the stream of keystrokes, as of now in Svelte mode the window is cleared & it flashes the key combination pressed and clears screen again. This does not work for doing screencasts for text editors like Vim as some commands can involve these special key combinations as subset. 3) don't print repeat keys, instead print a counter like for ``C-n`` in: ![113382886-ead82f00-9382-11eb-9205-fc4a82133d22](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71736629/113521146-6802d000-954c-11eb-87b8-ff59c43e8480.gif) So, essentially be more like https://www.thregr.org/~wavexx/software/screenkey/

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gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:03:23 -06:00

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@BrianGilbert commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2021):

I'd also like to have configurable width for the display please

@BrianGilbert commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2021): I'd also like to have configurable width for the display please

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:03:26 -06:00

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@poetaman commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2021):

Btw, the screencast above uses screenkey on linux. There is a gitlab ticket for macOS support: https://gitlab.com/screenkey/screenkey/-/issues/139. I wonder if someone from keycastr development team could use that and add it as a "3rd mode" other than Svelte.

@poetaman commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2021): Btw, the screencast above uses screenkey on linux. There is a gitlab ticket for macOS support: https://gitlab.com/screenkey/screenkey/-/issues/139. I wonder if someone from keycastr development team could use that and add it as a "3rd mode" other than Svelte.

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2026-05-05 05:03:29 -06:00

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@poetaman commented on GitHub (Jul 11, 2021):

@akitchen Hi there, any views on having a mode that has UI like screenkey? Or perhaps making the size of Svelte adjustable, and not clearing the contents on pressing special key? Thanks!

@poetaman commented on GitHub (Jul 11, 2021): @akitchen Hi there, any views on having a mode that has UI like screenkey? Or perhaps making the size of Svelte adjustable, and not clearing the contents on pressing special key? Thanks!

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:03:32 -06:00

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@akitchen commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2021):

I would welcome pull requests either for a new visualizer or for the ability to resize the Svelte visualizer. However, neither of these can supersede current priorities on my end, and development time for KeyCastr is very limited.

Separating the different topics in this issue, support for Emacs-style keystroke visualization would be very useful and interesting. This might deserve its own issue as it might not be specific to one particular visualizer.

@akitchen commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2021): I would welcome pull requests either for a new visualizer or for the ability to resize the Svelte visualizer. However, neither of these can supersede current priorities on my end, and development time for KeyCastr is very limited. Separating the different topics in this issue, support for Emacs-style keystroke visualization would be very useful and interesting. This might deserve its own issue as it might not be specific to one particular visualizer.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:03:33 -06:00

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@applebait commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2024):

As standalone apps there are a bunch of them out there for macOS but none is perfect…
I think Keycastr, which is the one I'm sticking for now, could have more options.

Let a user to choose rounded or squared corners, both under Default or Svelte
Option to display how many times a repeated key or key combination is pressed and not as it is now filling the screen when in Default mode
Not sure about this one but I would like to be able to treat it as an app so I could set up Keyboard Maestro as I do for all other apps and be able to automate Keycastr to move to any display depending if it's plugged or not
Yes, a third mode as mentioned here would also be very welcomed

I think that's it :)

@applebait commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2024): As standalone apps there are a bunch of them out there for macOS but none is perfect… I think Keycastr, which is the one I'm sticking for now, could have more options. - Let a user to choose rounded or squared corners, both under Default or Svelte - Option to display how many times a repeated key or key combination is pressed and not as it is now filling the screen when in Default mode - Not sure about this one but I would like to be able to treat it as an app so I could set up Keyboard Maestro as I do for all other apps and be able to automate Keycastr to move to any display depending if it's plugged or not - Yes, a third mode as mentioned here would also be very welcomed I think that's it :)

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