AHK show key press

AHK script that launches a floating window that displays the key currently pressed on your keyboard.

Description

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⌨️ AHK Keypress Overlay for OBS & Streaming

A real-time keyboard input visualizer for streamers, content creators, and presenters

🔍 Overview

This AutoHotkey v2 script displays pressed keys (Ctrl/Alt/Shift + A-Z/0-9) in a customizable overlay, perfect for:

• Streamers (OBS, Twitch, YouTube)
• Educators demonstrating shortcuts
• Tutorial creators showing keyboard inputs
• Accessibility tools for visual feedback

✨ Features

✅ Clean, professional design with teal background and rounded font
✅ Real-time updates (100ms polling)
✅ Modifier-aware (Ctrl/Alt/Shift) with dynamic width adjustment
✅ OBS-ready: Resizable window, always-on-top, and chroma-key friendly
✅ Lightweight: No dependencies, just AutoHotkey v2

🚀 Installation

1. Requires AutoHotkey v2
2. Download the .ahk script or clone this repo
3. Double-click to run (or compile to .exe for portable use)

🔎 Discoverability Tags

#AutoHotkey #KeyOverlay #KeyboardVisualizer #Accessibility #AHKv2