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That's already enough for basic key pressing. To have xdotool type for you, use the type command: $ xdotool type '' For example, to switch windows: $ xdotool key alt+Tab If you want to chain two keys, use the + operator between them. From the terminal, you can type the command: $ xdotool key Rest assured though, the syntax is very simple and quick to pick up, relative to the extent of the program's features.įirst, it is very easy to simulate key press. Hence you have to know the syntax in order to use it properly. Basic Usage of XdotoolĪs intuitive as it is, xdotool remains a scripting application.
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If you cannot find xdotool for your distribution, you can always download it from the official website. After enabling EPEL repo, simply use yum command as above.įor Arch user, the package is available in the Community repo: $ sudo pacman -S xdotool
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Installation of Xdotool on Linuxįor Ubuntu, Debian or Linux Mint, you can just do: $ sudo apt-get install xdotoolįor Fedora, use yum command: $ sudo yum install xdotoolįor CentOS user, the package is available in EPEL repo. In other words, xdotool can simulate key presses and even mouse events from reading a text file. Its approach is intuitive as it stands as an X11 automation tool.
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I cannot pretend to have found it myself, but in the mean time, my preference goes to neat software called xdotool. If a lot of solutions exist today to fit such goal, it is sometimes hard to pick the simple, smart, and efficient one out of the lot. But except for that, scripting and task automation are every power user's dreams. Have you ever dreamed of your computer doing stuff automatically for you? Probably not if you just watched Terminator. There are also programs available to show mouse clicks and key presses which can be really helpful in screencasts.How to simulate key press and mouse movement in Linux To do this, run: gsettings set cursor-theme "$OLD_THEME" Once you're finished your screencast, you may want to switch back to your previous theme (the system default is DMZ-White). If the new theme is active for some applications but not others or if it does not appear to be active at all, you may need to completely terminate all instances of the applications for which it is not active or log off entirely and log back in. OLD_THEME=$(gsettings get cursor-theme) & echo $OLD_THEMEĪt this point, all that was left to do was to enable the theme. Then I copied the cyan theme to the proper directory, renaming it screencast sudo cp -r /tmp/bDMZT/abDMZ/ /usr/share/icons/screencast/īefore enabling the new cursor theme, I made note of the current theme. The file I downloaded contains multiple themes (each a different color halo) so I first extracted the contents to a temp folder tar -xzf /path/to/download/ -C /tmp/ With the cursor theme downloaded, I got to work on installing it.
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Installing and enabling the cursor for screencasting To download, click the files tab and then download the. I eventually ended up here, and after looking through a number of pages of different cursors, I settled on this one.
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When I realized that this could be accomplished with a cursor theme (duh!), I went in search of some themes. Here's an animated GIF of what I ended up with and how I got it working.
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I ended up at this answer which had some broken links and left me still in search of themes that someone else had surely created.
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