Record and display mouse moves and mouse clicks

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2014-07
  • vasili111

    I need to record all my mouse moves and than see them all on one image. I also need to record all mouse clicks and see them all on one image. How can I do it?

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  • MEAIN

    Key Counter could really help out with your needs.

    Download the app, run it, and then leave it be. It quietly counts every single click of your keyboard and mouse buttons and displays them in graph form. Each day is archived and can be reviewed in the future.

  • harrymc

    For a free, easy solution check out Mouse Recorder, it's major features are ease of use and power in the same package.
    Here's the description they give:

    Records key strokes, mouse clicks and movement, then play back. Can do sub-program.

    And here's a screenshot...

    Note #1 This, of course assumes you use Windows...

    Note #2 The program seems to be popular; it has around 402 weekly downloads, and 5 star reviews ( ;) well, only one person reviewed anyway!)


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    The mouse pointer in my Ubuntu VM has turned into a little hand with a document, and clicks are ignored. How do I get out of this mode?
  • Daryl Spitzer

    The mouse pointer in my Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS VM (running in VMware Fusion) has changed into a little hand holding a document. It doesn't show up in screen-shots.

    All mouse clicks (left or right) are ignored. But I can still type in the one Terminal window I have open. (And commands work fine.)

    I wonder if I'm in some kind of drag-and-drop mode.

    How do I get out of this?

    Update: Rebooting (from the command-line) worked. Ubuntu came up with the regular mouse-pointer.


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  • Daryl Spitzer

    The only solution I've found is to reboot.

  • JW.

    I solved it (without having to reboot) by performing these steps. Which was basically dragging some text from the host to the guest machine.

    I think I had the same problem as what you have - can't be sure though. Try it anyway.

  • Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

    Switching to a VT via CtrlAltF2 or the like, logging in, and then killing the app via kill will release the lock on the pointer.