<p>That is a Blender specific plugin that you can activate in the scripts menu.</p>

<p><a href="https://en.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/3D_interaction/Screencast_Key_Status_Tool" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/3D_interaction/Screencast_Key_Status_Tool</a></p>

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2018-10-26T02:17:03.323Z
2018-10-26T02:17:03.323Z
LetTheWritersWrite
<p>One of the challenges, in creating a tutorial video via screen video capture, is that it becomes a challenge to make obvious which mouse action was used to produce a certain action on the screen.</p>

<p>The creator of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhN3X3MvD4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this video</a> has a little mouse icon in the bottom left of the screen (see image below) that makes clear whether he's using the left, the middle, or the right mouse click button action.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/kQNUN.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/kQNUN.jpg" alt="screen video capture, with mouse icon in bottom left that indicates which mouse action is being performed (left, middle, or right mouse click)"></a></p>

<p>How does one add such a mouse icon (or alternatively, which software allows this) to a screen video capture? (I've asked the original creator on multiple fora, but haven't heard back for months).</p>

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2018-10-26T02:04:54.777Z
Is this a Blender question? That feature is a Blender specific plugin.
LetTheWritersWrite
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@LetTheWritersWrite Nope. Wasn't a Blender question. But your answer answered it for me. I guess this is a Blender feature. If you answer below, I'll mark it correct. Bonus if you also put a link to the actual plugin.
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making mouse click action obvious in a screen-cast video-capture
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# making mouse click action obvious in a screen-cast video-capture

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-25)

One of the challenges, in creating a tutorial video via screen video capture, is that it becomes a challenge to make obvious which mouse action was used to produce a certain action on the screen.

The creator of [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhN3X3MvD4) has a little mouse icon in the bottom left of the screen (see image below) that makes clear whether he's using the left, the middle, or the right mouse click button action.

[![screen video capture, with mouse icon in bottom left that indicates which mouse action is being performed (left, middle, or right mouse click)](https://i.sstatic.net/kQNUN.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/kQNUN.jpg)

How does one add such a mouse icon (or alternatively, which software allows this) to a screen video capture? (I've asked the original creator on multiple fora, but haven't heard back for months).

**Tags:** video-capture, screen-casting

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Is this a Blender question? That feature is a Blender specific plugin.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Nope. Wasn't a Blender question. But your answer answered it for me. I guess this is a Blender feature. If you answer below, I'll mark it correct. Bonus if you also put a link to the actual plugin.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-26. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

That is a Blender specific plugin that you can activate in the scripts menu.

<https://en.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/3D_interaction/Screencast_Key_Status_Tool>


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