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> However I quickly realized that the behaviors I want the app to do require a bunch of accessibility permissions Which behaviours specifically? Personally, I

• tornato7 3y ago
  Detecting an alt-key push even when it's not an active window, and editing the selected text field are both accessibility permissions. Thanks for the info about your app. It looks great!
  • alin23 3y ago
    Editing the field definitely needs the permissions, but detecting Alt-key holding should not. You can do that using something like: var reactOnOptionKeyHeld: DispatchWorkItem? { didSet { oldValue?.cancel() } } NSEvent.addGlobalMonitorForEvents(matching: .flagsChanged) { (event) in guard event.modifierFlags == [.option] else { reactOnOptionKeyHeld = nil return } reactOnOptionKeyHeld = DispatchWorkItem { // start recording } // schedule to run if held for at least 1 second DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1, execute: reactOnOptionKeyHeld!) } I see you're using Python with pynput though, which is creating a full key listener so I guess that is why you need the permissions.
    • tornato7 3y ago
      Thanks! Yes, to be clear I was rewriting it in Swift which I'm new at, so I appreciate the expert advice there.