Mouse Track 🖱

Track, display, and graph the position of a mouse cursor.

The application produces a heatmap and plots the mouse positions. Mouse Track is only available for Windows OS as it requires functions from the Windows API.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Python:

numpy==1.16.2
matplotlib==3.0.3

C++:

SDL2

Installing

• Install NumPy: pip install numpy
• Install Matplotlib: pip install matplotlib
• Install SDL2

Usage

1. Clone, compile, and run:

$ git clone https://github.com/claby2/mouse-track.git
$ cd mouse-track
$ cd src
$ make run

2. Move your mouse around your screen while the window is open.
3. To end the capture, close the window.
   • Positions of mouse are written into data.csv in root folder
   • BMP heatmap is written into heatmap.bmp in root folder
4. Plot mouse positions based on data.csv:

$ python graph.py

Record heatmap without writing into data.csv

To run the application without writing into data.csv (for longer periods of tracking):

1. In src: make main
2. source.exe --nosave

Playback mouse movements based on data.csv

1. In src: make playback

Save graph as image

- Graph will be saved as `graph.png` in root folder

Examples

Playback

Heatmap

Graph