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+# Autogenerate screenshots and videos from pre-recorded napari interactions
+
+This folder contains scripts designed to automate the generation of screenshots
+and videos from pre-recorded interactions with napari. It uses `pyautogui` and
+`pynput` to record the screen and mouse interactions, exports the results to a
+json file, and then generates screenshots and videos based on this data.
+
+NOTE: Make sure the Qt version on your system is compatible with the PyQt version
+you are using.
+
+## Usage
+
+To use these scripts, follow these steps:
+1. **Install Dependencies**: Ensure you have the required Python packages installed. You can do this by running:
+   ```bash
+   pip install pyautogui pynput
+   ```
+2. **Install napari**: You probably want to have a [development installation of napari](https://napari.org/stable/developers/contributing/dev_install.html).
+3. **Record Interactions**: Use the `record_interactions.py` script to record your interactions with napari. This will
+   a. Open a napari window,
+   b. Record mouse and keyboard actions,
+   c. Save the recorded actions to a JSON file named `recording.json`,
+   d. Convert the recorded actions into a Python script named `play.py`.
+   You can use `python record_interactions.py --help` to see the available options for naming output files.
+4. Run python `play.py` to play back the actions.
+
+## Attribution
+
+These scripts are inspired by the code from https://github.com/shedloadofcode/mouse-and-keyboard-recorder
+and its accompanying blog post at https://www.shedloadofcode.com/blog/record-mouse-and-keyboard-for-automation-scripts-with-python.
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+"""
+Opens a napari window and records mouse and keyboard interactions to a JSON file
+
+To begin recording:
+- Run `python record.py`
+
+To end recording:
+- Hold right click for 2 seconds then release to end the recording for mouse.
+- Press 'ESC' to end the recording for keyboard.
+- Both are needed to finish recording.
+"""
+
+import time
+import json
+import napari
+import platform
+import argparse
+from pynput import mouse, keyboard
+
+
+class InteractionRecorder:
+    def __init__(self, output_file="recording.json"):
+        self.recording = []
+        self.output_file = output_file
+        self.keyboard_listener = None
+        self.mouse_listener = None
+        self.viewer = None
+
+    def on_press(self, key):
+        try:
+            json_object = {"action": "pressed_key", "key": key.char, "_time": time.time()}
+        except AttributeError:
+            if key == keyboard.Key.esc:
+                print("Keyboard recording ended.")
+                self.stop_recording("keyboard")
+                return False
+
+            json_object = {"action": "pressed_key", "key": str(key), "_time": time.time()}
+
+        self.recording.append(json_object)
+
+    def on_release(self, key):
+        try:
+            json_object = {"action": "released_key", "key": key.char, "_time": time.time()}
+        except AttributeError:
+            json_object = {"action": "released_key", "key": str(key), "_time": time.time()}
+
+        self.recording.append(json_object)
+
+    def on_move(self, x, y):
+        if len(self.recording) > 1:
+            if (
+                self.recording[-1]["action"] == "pressed"
+                and self.recording[-1]["button"] == "Button.left"
+            ) or (
+                self.recording[-1]["action"] == "moved"
+                and time.time() - self.recording[-1]["_time"] > 0.02
+            ):
+                json_object = {"action": "moved", "x": x, "y": y, "_time": time.time()}
+                self.recording.append(json_object)
+
+    def on_click(self, x, y, button, pressed):
+        json_object = {
+            "action": "clicked" if pressed else "unclicked",
+            "button": str(button),
+            "x": x,
+            "y": y,
+            "_time": time.time(),
+        }
+
+        self.recording.append(json_object)
+
+        if len(self.recording) > 2:
+            if (
+                self.recording[-1]["action"] == "unclicked"
+                and self.recording[-1]["button"] == "Button.right"
+                and self.recording[-1]["_time"] - self.recording[-2]["_time"] > 2
+            ):
+                self.save_recording()
+                print("Mouse recording ended.")
+                self.stop_recording("mouse")
+                return False
+
+    def on_scroll(self, x, y, dx, dy):
+        json_object = {
+            "action": "scroll",
+            "vertical_direction": int(dy),
+            "horizontal_direction": int(dx),
+            "x": x,
+            "y": y,
+            "_time": time.time(),
+        }
+
+        self.recording.append(json_object)
+
+    def save_recording(self):
+        """Save the recorded interactions to a JSON file."""
+        with open(self.output_file, "w") as f:
+            json.dump(self.recording, f)
+        print(f"Recording saved to {self.output_file}")
+
+    def start_recording(self):
+        """Creates a napari window and starts recording mouse and keyboard interactions."""
+        napari.Viewer.close_all()
+        # Open napari with standard window size (800x600)
+        self.viewer = napari.Viewer()
+        self.viewer.window._qt_window.setGeometry(0, 0, 800, 600)
+
+        # Reset recording for this session
+        self.recording = [{
+            "metadata": {
+                "start_time": time.time(),
+                "napari_version": napari.__version__,
+                "python_version": platform.python_version(),
+                "os": platform.system()
+            }
+        }]
+
+        print("Press 'ESC' to end the keyboard recording")
+        print("Hold right click for 2 seconds then release to end the mouse recording")
+
+        self.keyboard_listener = keyboard.Listener(
+            on_press=self.on_press,
+            on_release=self.on_release
+        )
+        self.mouse_listener = mouse.Listener(
+            on_click=self.on_click,
+            on_scroll=self.on_scroll,
+            on_move=self.on_move
+        )
+
+        self.keyboard_listener.start()
+        self.mouse_listener.start()
+
+        # Show the napari window
+        napari.run()
+
+        # Wait for listeners to finish
+        self.keyboard_listener.join()
+        self.mouse_listener.join()
+
+    def stop_recording(self, mode: str):
+        """Stop the recording and save the data.
+
+        Args:
+            mode (str): The mode of recording ("mouse" or "keyboard").
+        """
+        if self.keyboard_listener and mode == "keyboard":
+            self.keyboard_listener.stop()
+        if self.mouse_listener and mode == "mouse":
+            self.mouse_listener.stop()
+
+        if not self.keyboard_listener.running and not self.mouse_listener.running:
+            self.save_recording()
+            # if self.viewer:
+            #     self.viewer.close()
+            print("Recording stopped. Please close the napari window.")
+
+
+def read_json_file(json_input: str) -> tuple:
+    """
+    Takes the JSON output 'recording.json'
+
+    Excludes released and scrolling events to
+    keep things simple.
+    """
+    with open(json_input) as f:
+        recording = json.load(f)
+    metadata = recording.pop(0)
+
+    def excluded_actions(object):
+        return "released" not in object["action"] and "scroll" not in object["action"]
+
+    recording = list(filter(excluded_actions, recording))
+
+    return metadata, recording
+
+
+def convert_recording(json_input: str, output_file: str = "play.py"):
+    """Converts the recorded interactions from JSON to a Python script using pyautogui.
+
+    Converts the:
+
+    - Mouse clicks
+    - Keyboard input
+    - Time between actions calculated
+
+    Args:
+        json_input (str): The path to the JSON file containing the recorded interactions.
+        output_file (str): The name of the output Python script file.
+    """
+
+    key_mappings = {
+        "cmd": "win",
+        "alt_l": "alt",
+        "alt_r": "alt",
+        "ctrl_l": "ctrl",
+        "ctrl_r": "ctrl",
+    }
+
+    metadata, recording = read_json_file(json_input)
+
+    if not recording:
+        return
+
+    output = open(output_file, "w")
+    output.write(f"# {metadata}\n")
+    output.write("import time\n")
+    output.write("import pyautogui\n\n")
+    output.write("# Open napari with standard window size (800x600)\n")
+    output.write("self.viewer = napari.Viewer()\n")
+    output.write("self.viewer.window._qt_window.setGeometry(0, 0, 800, 600)\n")
+
+    for i, step in enumerate(recording):
+        print(step)
+
+        not_first_element = (i - 1) > 0
+        if not_first_element:
+            ## compare time to previous time for the 'sleep' with a 10% buffer
+            pause_in_seconds = (step["_time"] - recording[i - 1]["_time"]) * 1.1
+
+            output.write(f"time.sleep({pause_in_seconds})\n\n")
+        else:
+            output.write("time.sleep(1)\n\n")
+
+        if step["action"] == "pressed_key":
+            key = (
+                step["key"].replace("Key.", "")
+                if "Key." in step["key"]
+                else step["key"]
+            )
+
+            if key in key_mappings.keys():
+                key = key_mappings[key]
+
+            output.write(f"pyautogui.press('{key}')\n")
+
+        if step["action"] == "clicked":
+            output.write(f"pyautogui.moveTo({step['x']}, {step['y']})\n")
+
+            if step["button"] == "Button.right":
+                output.write("pyautogui.mouseDown(button='right')\n")
+            else:
+                output.write("pyautogui.mouseDown()\n")
+
+        if step["action"] == "unclicked":
+            output.write(f"pyautogui.moveTo({step['x']}, {step['y']})\n")
+
+            if step["button"] == "Button.right":
+                output.write("pyautogui.mouseUp(button='right')\n")
+            else:
+                output.write("pyautogui.mouseUp()\n")
+
+    print(f"Recording converted. Saved to '{output_file}'")
+
+
+def start_recording(json_output: str = "recording.json"):
+    """Creates a napari window and starts recording mouse and keyboard interactions.
+
+    Args:
+        output (str): The name of the output JSON file to save the recording.
+    """
+    recorder = InteractionRecorder(json_output)
+    recorder.start_recording()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Record mouse and keyboard interactions in a napari window.",
+        epilog="Use --json-output to specify the temporary json output file name. Use --output to specify the output Python script file name."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--json-output",
+        type=str,
+        nargs='?',
+        default="recording.json",
+        help="Output JSON file name"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output",
+        type=str,
+        nargs='?',
+        default="play.py",
+        help="Output Python script file name (default: play.py)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-convert",
+        action='store_true',
+        help="Do not convert the recording to a Python script after recording"
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    start_recording(args.json_output)
+    if not args.no_convert:
+        convert_recording(args.json_output, args.output)
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     "gallery/index.rst",
     "_scripts/README.md",
+    "_scripts/generate_screenshots/README.md",
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