[GH-ISSUE #268] Ability to override or customize display of certain keys #228

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Originally created by @daniel-packard on GitHub (Apr 13, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/keycastr/keycastr/issues/268

Hi Keycastr team - following up on an earlier comment regarding the symbol for the escape key (https://github.com/keycastr/keycastr/issues/195)

While the esc symbol used in the keycastr app makes sense to many mac users, it may not be universally understood by non-mac users. When creating content that's intended for cross-platform audiences (windows + linux), it would be helpful if users can customize the symbol for the esc key, or have a "cross platform" mode - just a suggestion

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Originally created by @daniel-packard on GitHub (Apr 13, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/keycastr/keycastr/issues/268 Hi Keycastr team - following up on an earlier comment regarding the symbol for the escape key (https://github.com/keycastr/keycastr/issues/195) While the esc symbol used in the keycastr app makes sense to many mac users, it may not be universally understood by non-mac users. When creating content that's intended for cross-platform audiences (windows + linux), it would be helpful if users can customize the symbol for the esc key, or have a "cross platform" mode - just a suggestion thanks!

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@akitchen commented on GitHub (Apr 13, 2023):

Hey @daniel-packard thank you for opening an issue about this. While KeyCastr is most definitely a mac app, it makes sense that screencast creators may want the ability for more customization in order to target different audiences.

There does seem to be a need allow/deny/override lists for more advanced use cases. We have other issues for implementing allow/deny lists (see #152) so I will edit this to reflect the desire to override at least certain keystrokes. In addition to the escape key use case, I could see this being desirable for a few other special keys (fn vs 🌐) , as well as upcoming enhancements to the mouse click visualizer.

@akitchen commented on GitHub (Apr 13, 2023): Hey @daniel-packard thank you for opening an issue about this. While KeyCastr is most definitely a mac app, it makes sense that screencast creators may want the ability for more customization in order to target different audiences. There does seem to be a need allow/deny/override lists for more advanced use cases. We have other issues for implementing allow/deny lists (see #152) so I will edit this to reflect the desire to override at least certain keystrokes. In addition to the escape key use case, I could see this being desirable for a few other special keys (`fn` vs 🌐) , as well as upcoming enhancements to the mouse click visualizer.

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2026-05-05 05:08:25 -06:00

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@nilsreiter commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2023):

The control key would be another candidate.

@nilsreiter commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2023): The control key would be another candidate.

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2026-05-05 05:10:48 -06:00

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