The options in the Keystrokes page control if and how keyboard usage is being visualized on screen.
Before activating the keystroke display effect, it is important to understand that it can be operated in two different modes: Standalone or together with the Mouseposé effect (Connect to Mouseposé effect). The first mode means, you can display keystrokes on your computer screen without the Mouseposé Effect being on. The latter mode means that keystrokes get displayed as soon as you have activated the Mouseposé effect and additionally pressed a key.
When pressing F5 or clicking Activate, keystrokes will get displayed on screen. When pressing this key or button again, it is being deactivated. Click on the hotkey to change it to something else. Several options below control appearance and other behaviour.
If this option is selected the keystroke display will stop automatically after a certain timeout. You can control the number of seconds to pass prior to deactivation via slider control or the number entered in the adjacent text field. To stop the effect earlier, simply press the F5 hotkey or Deactivate button again.
This slider controls font size of the keystroke display in points. Higher values make it appear larger, smaller values shrink its size. By default, the currently chosen system font is being used, i.e. if you want to change that, you can do so in the System Preferences.
This controls the amount of dimming for the keystroke display background color in percent. The higher the value, the more opaque the background color. The lower the value, the more transparent the background of the keystroke display becomes.
Clicking the color well brings up the system's color panel. By default, this is a shade of black, resulting in a translucent gray color.
When checked, a notification appears upon switching keystroke display on or off.
This section lets you determine whether you want all keystrokes displayed or you rather want to filter out keystrokes that don't make sense in your presentation situation.
The option "Only with modifier keys" only shows keystrokes that are pressed in combination with a modifier key (e.g. Command- or Option key). Modifier keys alone - including Shift key - will also be displayed. The option "Only complete modifier key combos" only shows a keystroke if it is a combination of a key and a modifier. Modifier keys alone will not be shown in this mode.
The option "Do not show Mouseposé hotkeys" lets you filter those hotkeys that are defined inside Mouseposé to toggle various effects and settings. You might not want your audience to see that you are changing Mouseposé settings during your presentation.
You can also define a negative list of keystrokes that should be not be shown when "Custom key combinations:" is selected. Fill your list by clicking in the shortcut recorder under the list and typing in your keystroke. Remove keystroke from the list, by clicking the -button behind the keystroke.
Clicking the Revert to Defaults button will discard all custom settings you may have applied and reset to the default values.