Show Me The Key (showmethekey)
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Details for Show Me The Key
Package name
- showmethekey
License
- Apache-2.0
Last updated
- 21 August 2026 - latest/stable
- 21 August 2026 - latest/edge
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Show the keys you type on screen (Wayland and X11)
Show Me The Key displays your keystrokes on screen for screencasts, presentations and tutorials. It reads events through libinput, so it works on both Wayland and X11 (unlike screenkey, which is X11-only).
Because reading /dev/input requires privilege, this snap uses polkit for authorisation. Users already in the "input" group are granted immediately; others are shown a password prompt on first use, matching the behaviour of the non-snap version. Two interfaces must be connected after install:
sudo snap connect showmethekey:raw-input
sudo snap connect showmethekey:hardware-observe
If the user is not already in the "input" group, also connect the polkit interface to enable the password-prompt authorisation flow:
sudo snap connect showmethekey:polkit
On a Wayland session the floating key window can't place itself, so right-click its title bar and enable "Always on Top" and "Always on Visible Workspace".
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