On Tue, 2019-02-05 at 21:59 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Tue, 2019-02-05 at 21:54 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-02-05 at 11:15 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> > On 2/5/19 9:33 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > That's not what I'm saying. As with most of these widgets onboard
is
> > > for typing using the screen instead of a keyboard. I don't care about
> > > that. The MacOS widget (formally called Key Caps and now called
> > > Keyboard Viewer) allows me to *see* the keycaps in the onscreen
> > > keyboard image change as I press the Ctrl, Alt etc. key combinations,
> > > to show what the resulting input *would be* if I typed them. I don't
> > > mind it also entering the character if I click on it, but that's not
> > > the point.
> >
> > I'm not quite sure what you're meaning, but in gnome settings, region
&
> > language, you can bring up a keyboard picture that will highlight keys
> > as you press them.
>
> I use KDE. I was hoping for something DE-independent, but will take a
> KDE equivalent if one exists.
I just checked the Gnome widget. It's just a slightly better-looking
version of xkeycaps and doesn't do what I'm talking about.
I found an old video of what I mean:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNePcJe6xCc&feature=youtu.be&t=1m8s
poc