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KeyStruck

Make every shortcut visible

KeyStruck shows the action names behind your keyboard shortcuts, helping you teach on screen, explore an app’s shortcuts, and check which command you triggered.

by Benjamin Dansby

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Helps you Create tutorials & product demos 35 Present & share your screen cleanly 18

What you get

Let your audience see which action each shortcut triggers.

With KeyStruck, you can make keyboard-driven steps understandable in tutorials, onboarding videos, classes, and screen shares. When you use a shortcut, a small on-screen overlay names the menu action you triggered. Your viewers can follow what happened without you stopping to explain every key combination.

You also get help learning an unfamiliar app. Bring up the active app’s available shortcuts instead of switching to a separate reference, then use the action labels to check whether you invoked the command you intended.

You can position and style the overlay to keep it readable without covering the part of the screen you’re demonstrating. Exclude specific apps or shortcuts when you don’t want their actions displayed, or pause the overlay with one click. KeyStruck stays in your menu bar rather than adding another icon to your Dock.

  • Explain fewer keyboard steps

    Your viewers see the action you triggered, so you don’t need to narrate every shortcut.

  • Find shortcuts while working

    You can consult the active app’s shortcut list without switching to a separate reference document.

  • Check your command

    You get a visible action label to confirm whether your shortcut triggered the function you intended.

  • Control what viewers see

    You can hide action overlays for selected apps or shortcuts and position the remaining labels away from your demonstration.

Best for

  • You record tutorials or onboarding videos
  • You teach software through live screen sharing
  • You’re learning an unfamiliar app’s shortcuts

Skip it if

You probably don’t need it if you rarely use keyboard shortcuts and don’t demonstrate software to others.

Screenshots

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From the developer

KeyStruck pops a clean HUD with the action name every time you fire a keyboard shortcut. Record a demo, run a class, or share your screen, and the audience sees what you're doing instead of leaning in to read your keyboard.
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