Hotkey listener for windows, Mac and Linux
Go to VICREO releases for download.
VICREO Listener is a small program that sits on your machine waiting for incoming TCP connection/commands. It uses pre-defined commands to simulate key-presses on your machine. You can use this program to preform hotkey actions from remote
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Download the right software package for your operating system and launch the program on the machine you would like to control (host).
On your client machine (the one you are sending commands from), send TCP string to the right IP-address from the host, to port 10001 (or change the port to something you like)
You'll send an object to the listener. The application first looks a key called type.
The following types are available;
- press (simulate a keypress)
- file (open a file)
- shell (perform a shell command)
- down (simulate a key down)
- up (simulate a key up)
- processOSX (send keys to a process on mac via AppleScript)
For keypresses create a object like this;
{ "key":"tab", "type":"press", "modifiers":["alt"] }Put the modifiers in an array. Alt/option, command(win), Ctrl and Shift are supported.
Open a file on the local system;
{ "type":"file","path":"C:/Barco/InfoT1413.pdf" }To perform a shell command on the system;
{ "type":"shell","shell":"dir" }{ "key":"tab", "type":"processOSX","processName":"Microsoft PowerPoint", "modifiers":["alt"] }The following keys are supported:
| Key | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| backspace | ||
| delete | ||
| enter | ||
| tab | ||
| escape | ||
| up | Up arrow key | |
| down | Down arrow key | |
| right | Right arrow key | |
| left | Left arrow key | |
| home | ||
| end | ||
| pageup | ||
| pagedown | ||
| f1 | ||
| f2 | ||
| f3 | ||
| f4 | ||
| f5 | ||
| f6 | ||
| f7 | ||
| f8 | ||
| f9 | ||
| f10 | ||
| f11 | ||
| f12 | ||
| command | ||
| alt | ||
| control | ||
| shift | ||
| right_shift | ||
| space | ||
| printscreen | No Mac support | |
| insert | No Mac support | |
| audio_mute | Mute the volume | |
| audio_vol_down | Lower the volume | |
| audio_vol_up | Increase the volume | |
| audio_play | Play | |
| audio_stop | Stop | |
| audio_pause | Pause | |
| audio_prev | Previous Track | |
| audio_next | Next Track | |
| audio_rewind | Linux only | |
| audio_forward | Linux only | |
| audio_repeat | Linux only | |
| audio_random | Linux only | |
| numpad_0 | No Linux support | |
| numpad_1 | No Linux support | |
| numpad_2 | No Linux support | |
| numpad_3 | No Linux support | |
| numpad_4 | No Linux support | |
| numpad_5 | No Linux support | |
| numpad_6 | No Linux support | |
| numpad_7 | No Linux support | |
| numpad_8 | No Linux support | |
| numpad_9 | No Linux support | |
| lights_mon_up | Turn up monitor brightness | No Windows support |
| lights_mon_down | Turn down monitor brightness | No Windows support |
| lights_kbd_toggle | Toggle keyboard backlight on/off | No Windows support |
| lights_kbd_up | Turn up keyboard backlight brightness | No Windows support |
| lights_kbd_down | Turn down keyboard backlight brightness | No Windows support |
For mac, when you need the path of a file, right-click on the file and when you see the menu, press and hold Alt to be able to copy the full path. Fill complete filepath without parentheses
For additional actions, please raise a feature request on GitHub.
For OSX Building you need a valid Developer certificate, which you can only get from signing up for Apple's developer program. Install Developer ID Application certificate in your keychain, by creating a new certificate and downloading/open it in keychain run
security find-identity -vp codesigning forge.config.jsbase64 -i name.p12 -o output.txtspctl -a -vv '/Users/user/projects/VICREO-Listener/out/make/zip/darwin/x64/VICREO-Listener.app'