# How to record your screen, key and mouse pressing
**URL:** https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/how-to-record-your-screen-key-and-mouse-pressing/3096
**Category:** Testing
**Created:** [October 24, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/how-to-record-your-screen-key-and-mouse-pressing/3096 "2024-10-24T07:41:09Z")
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### Author:  [@pedro.silva](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/pedro.silva)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/how-to-record-your-screen-key-and-mouse-pressing/3096/1 "2024-10-24T07:41:09Z")
Hello and thanks for taking the time to test Collabora Online!
It’s often very useful to screen record your testing session so, you and the developer can re-visit at will.
## Record your screen
- Linux
- Super simple, one click tools (extremely useful when reporting bugs, or there is a need to quickly get a gif, mp4 or webm etc from a window or region of the screen)
- Peek: [GitHub - phw/peek: Simple animated GIF screen recorder with an easy to use interface](https://github.com/phw/peek)
- simplescreenrecord: [https://www.maartenbaert.be/](https://www.maartenbaert.be/) simplescreenrecorder/#download (the package has different name depending on the distro, see the link)
- More complex but the standard of screen recording tools (good for remote presentations)
- OBS Studio: [Download | OBS](https://obsproject.com/download)
- Mac:
- Super simple: ⌘+⇧+5, choose the whole screen or a part of it
- Complex: OBS Studio: [Download | OBS](https://obsproject.com/download)
- Windows:
- Super simple: I don’t know, please feel free to add a suggestion
- Complex: OBS Studio: [Download | OBS](https://obsproject.com/download)
- ChromeOS (Chromebook/Chromebox):
- If your Chromebook has it, press the Screenshot key 
- If your Chromebook has no Screenshot key:
- At the bottom right of your screen, select Settings   Screen Capture 
- Press **Ctrl + Shift +** Show windows 
- If your external keyboard doesn’t have a Show windows key , press **Ctrl + Shift + F5**
## Key cast
To know exactly which keys were registered in the computer and perhaps record that there are a few different ways to do it.
Screencast your keys and mouse (useful when reporting bugs or generally testing)
- Linux: **screenkey** [screenkey / screenkey · GitLab](https://gitlab.com/screenkey/screenkey)
- Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install screenkey
- I think some Ubuntu versions have issues so, if that’s you case resort to something else in your repos or to flatpak or there are also some small python utilities around ([Keycast - Cast your keypresses and mouse clicks to your screen](https://daxter-army.github.io/key-cast/))
- OpenSUSE: sudo zypper in screenkey
- Fedora: sudo dnf install screenkey
- there are also others around in flathub or appimage repositories
- Mac: there are multiple in app store. Just search for “key cast”.
- Windows: Please feel free add a suggestion here
- ChromeOS: When in the Screenshot screen, select its Settings and enable “Show clicks and keys”
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### Author:  [@pedro.silva](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/pedro.silva)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/how-to-record-your-screen-key-and-mouse-pressing/3096/2 "2024-10-24T07:43:07Z")
I have made this post a wiki so, in theory everyone can just edit the post directly with additional suggestion (of course commenting still works)