banksio/keyboarddisplay

A small, simple Win32 app to notify when caps lock, num lock or scroll lock are toggled.

Keyboard Display

A small, simple Windows app to notify when caps lock, num lock or scroll lock are toggled, via a popup in the bottom right corner of the desktop. Useful if your keyboard doesn't have lock indicators.

This application is currently in beta: There may still be some rough edges, but please feel free to test it and report any bugs found, or new features that may be beneficial!

Features

• Fast and responsive.
• Modern design to fit Windows 10.
• Ignores clicks and does not steal focus from the foreground application.
• Hidden from taskbar.
• Under 1 MB in size.

Install

Prerequisites

• Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (included with Windows 10 v1803 and later).

Run

1. Download the setup application from the latest release.
2. Run the setup and follow the instructions to install Keyboard Display.
3. Enjoy!

If you'd rather not install Keyboard Display, you can always grab the portable zip file to try it out. Just head to the releases page, download and extract the zip, and run the executable.

Usage

Keyboard display will run in the background (starting on logon if specified during installation) and should pop up in the lower right hand corner of the screen whenever caps lock, num lock, or scroll lock are toggled. A system tray icon will appear to allow graceful exiting from its context menu.

If it doesn't work, please submit a bug.

Build

Prerequisites

All above, and;

• Visual Studio 2012 or later.
• .NET SDK 4.7.2.

Procedure

1. Clone or download the repository onto your system.
2. Open the solution in Visual Studio.
3. Build and run the project KeyboardDisplay!

keyboarddisplay's Issues

Update and Show Window On Key Down, rather than Key Up

This may be difficult to implement, due to the current method of using low-level keyboard hooks. Not currently sure how to achieve this.

First Key Press shows incorrect info

This can be fixed by saving the current key states when the program starts up, so it can correctly identify changes in the key toggles.

Styling

Will implement a styling system such as colour settings and opacity.

Timing of Window Delay Sometimes Breaks

Installer to Automatically Install .NET Framework 4.7.2 if not Installed

Installer should automatically install .NET Framework 4.7.2 if possible.

System Tray icon looks bad with Windows 10 light mode

On Windows 10 version 1903, with the new light mode activated, the system tray icon becomes nearly invisible.

Support Num Lock and Scroll Lock

Notification System

New system tray icon, and notification system (for new updates).

Always On

I'd like an always on option to display the caps lock indicator all the time. - Hurry up.

update readme with screenshots

Hi

Please could you add some screenshots of what the app looks like.

Thanks

Run at Logon/Startup

This is a background application - it should start at logon automatically.

Update Channels

Different update channels or branches (alpha, beta, stable etc.)

Keyboard Display as a Service

Due to the nature of the application, it should run as a Windows service. This would also make automatic updates easier.

Settings Dialog

Settings such as...

• Opacity (#11)
• Timing/fade delay
• Colour/style (#11)

...need a home.

Visible in Full Screen Applications

This might not be possible, but it would be a good feature to have.

Installer

An installer is required for a better user experience.
Maybe an updater too?

Cannot start at logon

Keyboard Display cannot be started at logon when it is placed in the Startup folder or in the Run registry key.