KeyMouse

KeyMouse is a program which works like the chrome plugin vimium, but is designed for other programs(like windows file browser).

Installation

Download the zip file in release page and unzip it.

Usage

Select mode: Press Alt + ; to enter select mode, then press tag to select item. If you hit rightClickPrefix before hitting tag, KeyMouse will simulate right click instead.
Fast Select mode: Alt + J to enter fast select mode. This mode may fail in some situations.
Esc Select mode: Press Esc to esc.
Disable: Press Alt + [ to enable/disable the program.
Scroll down: Press Alt + J.
Scroll up: Press Alt + K.
Force not use cache: When enableCache is true and you're in select mode. Press space to force not use cache.

if KeyMouse doesn't work, try to run as Administrator.

Configuration

KeyMouse supports configuration for hot keys and profile.you can put your configuration in config.json(put in the path the same as KeyMouse.exe). there is a typical configuration:

{
    "profile":
    {
        "runOnStartUp": true,
        "backgroundColor": "#CCFFCC",
        "fontColor": "#000000",
        "fontSize": 9,
        "font": "Arial Rounded MT Bold",
        "windowBkgdColor": "#CCBBAA",
        "windowFontSize": 11,
        "opacity": 70,
        "invertClickType": false,
        "onlyForeWindow": true,
        "enableWindowSwitching": true,
        "enableCache": false
    },
    "keybindings":
    {
        "toggleEnable": "alt+[",
        "scrollUp": "alt+k",
        "scrollDown": "alt+j",
        "selectMode": "alt+;",
        "escape": "esc",
        "fastSelectMode": "alt+i",
        "rightClickPrefix": "shift+a",
        "singleClickPrefix": "shift+s",
        "forceNotUseCache": "space",
        "selectModeSingle": "disabled"
    }
}

options

The options of profile is listed below:

Options	Type	Default	Description
runOnStartUp	bool	`false`	When this option is `true`, the app will be launched when windows starts up.
backgroundColor	string	`#CCFFCC`	The background color of hints. Use RGB format
fontColor	string	`#000000`	The font color of hint. Use RGB format
fontSize	int	`10`	The font size of hint.
font	string	`Arial Rounded MT Bold`	The font type of hint. You can find the font name supported by your system through Settings->Personalization->fonts. Make sure to use the full name of font.
windowBkgdColor	string	`#CCBBAA`	This option is for switch window tag. Indicate the background color of switch window tag.
windowFontColor	string	`#000000`	This option is for switch window tag. Indecate tor font color of switch window tag.
windowFontSize	int	`12`	This option is for switch window tag.
windowFont	string	`Arial Rounded MT Bold`	this option is for switch window tag. Indecate the font type of switch window tag.
opacity	int	`100`	The opacity of tags. value is from 0-100.
invertClickType	bool	`false`	When it's true, KeyMouse will use right click as main click.
onlyForeWindow	bool	`true`	When using multiple monitors, only enumerate hints on foreground window. If setting to false, It will try to enumerate windows on other monitors(might be slow.)
enableWindowSwitching	bool	`true`	Window switching feature may cause a high delay on some Windows versions.
enableCache	bool	`false`	(experimental) Try to cache the target window's hints when it's possible. (target window may be frozen if it's hint-intensive.)

The hot keys support alt, shift, ctrl, win and most keys on the keyboard. Please use lowercase and use + to connect different keys. some typical keybings: alt+j, shift+alt+j, f11. You can also use disabled to disable hot key.

The option of hot keys is listed below:

Options	Type	Default	Description
toggleEnable	string	`alt+[`	Enable/Disable this app.
scrollUp	string	`k`	Scroll up.
scrollDown	string	`j`	Scroll down.
selectMode	string	`alt+;`	Enter select mode.
fastSelectMode	string	`alt+j`	Enter fast select mode. the difference between select mode and fast select mode is that FSM will continually enter select mode. may fail in some situations.
escape	string	`esc`	Leave select mode.
rightClickPrefix	string	`shift+a`	When you're in select mode. Hitting `rightClickPrefix` before hitting tag will simulate right click instead.
singleClickPrefix	string	`shift+s`	When you're in select mode. Hitting `singleClickPrefix` before hitting tag will simulate single click instead.
forceNotUseCache	string	`space`	When `enableCache` is `true` and you're in select mode. Hitting `forceNotUseCache` will retrieve hints directly instead of using cache.
selectModeSingle	string	`disabled`	Select Mode using single left click.

Build

Prerequisities

require json lib from nlohmann/json.

you can either add --recurse-submodules option when cloning this repo or get a copy from nlohmann/json/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp to /KeyMouse/KeyMouse/json/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp.

Step

run git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/iscooool/KeyMouse.git.
Install Visual Studio and Import this project.
Ensure to build this project in x64.

iscooool/KeyMouse