Recording all keystrokes

[da...@thedavid.co.uk]

Many utilities provide a history of what's been copied to the clipboard (e.g. Alfred). I'd like to do something similar: provide a history of everything that's been typed, to be able to search/reinsert it easily.

It would do something like this:

1) Record all keystrokes and append them to a string

2) Chop up the string into a new 'phrase' every time:

- A modifier key is pressed

- An arrow/tab key is pressed

- The mouse is clicked

3) Store all the phrases in chronological order somewhere

4) Show a UI that displays the most recent phrases and allows pasting them into the current context

Is this something that Hammerspoon could do? If so, any tips on where I should start?

[Chris Jones]

Hi

You'll want to use hs.eventtap to get notified of all keystrokes and mouse clicks, and hs.chooser to display them :)

Cheers,

Chris

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[David Roberts]

Thanks for this, Chris – I've managed to get a basic version up and running.

One issue I'm running into is that when dismissing the chooser, the previous window doesn't regain focus - making it hard to insert any text.

Is this something that you've come across before?

David

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[David Roberts]

(OK, I got around it by saving the last focused window before displaying the chooser, then restoring it afterwards)

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[Szymon Kaliski]

Hey David, this sounds like really cool idea, could you share the code in gist somewhere? Would love to have a look! :)