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Feature suggestion - Window Title capture
Hi,
Have just tried this out on Ubuntu 9.10 and it seems to work as advertised.
Thanks.
I just thought I'd suggest a feature: you might like to consider capturing
the Window Title to give some context to the typing eg.
12th Feb 2010, 23:08 Firefox - Google Search: keylogger
I'm not a programmer, so I don't know if this is a big job or a two-liner,
but it would certainly be useful.
Thanks again.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 26 Jan 2010 at 7:29
Hey, thanks for the input!
This is achievable either through XOpenDisplay, XGetInputFocus,
XGetWindowProperty
(etc., functions of Xlib) or through shell via common X utilities
(http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/getting-the-pid-of-the-to
p-active-window-776938/).
Both ways demand Xlib and X environment, which means this would fail to work in
console, but then again everybody uses X now.
The focus should be polled on each keypress. I'm currently more fond of the
second
method (via command line, ATM seems much easier to implement) even though this
means
spawning at least three new processes on each key stroke. :S (Actually, I think
first
is the way to go.)
I am considering it...
Original comment by [email protected] on 26 Jan 2010 at 10:58
- Changed state: Accepted
- Added labels: Priority-Low, Type-Enhancement
- Removed labels: Priority-Medium, Type-Defect
Note to self: XFetchName might prove much easier than XGetWindowProperty. :)
Original comment by [email protected] on 26 Jan 2010 at 11:09
Hi, you could try this: cHotKey (http://chotkey.googlecode.com)
It is a cross-platform hotkey program with key logging function.
It can capture the title and class of focus window.
Original comment by [email protected] on 10 Sep 2012 at 8:39