Note: This script has been moved to https://github.com/tmplinshi/KeypressOSD

KeypressOSD.ahk

; KeypressOSD.ahk
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; ChangeLog : v2.22 (2017-02-25) - Now pressing same combination keys continuously more than 2 times,
;                                  for example press Ctrl+V 3 times, will displayed as "Ctrl + v (3)"
;             v2.21 (2017-02-24) - Fixed LWin/RWin not poping up start menu
;             v2.20 (2017-02-24) - Added displaying continuous-pressed combination keys.
;                                  e.g.: With CTRL key held down, pressing K and U continuously will shown as "Ctrl + k, u"
;             v2.10 (2017-01-22) - Added ShowStickyModKeyCount option
;             v2.09 (2017-01-22) - Added ShowModifierKeyCount option
;             v2.08 (2017-01-19) - Fixed a bug
;             v2.07 (2017-01-19) - Added ShowSingleModifierKey option (default is True)
;             v2.06 (2016-11-23) - Added more keys. Thanks to SashaChernykh.
;             v2.05 (2016-10-01) - Fixed not detecting "Ctrl + ScrollLock/NumLock/Pause". Thanks to lexikos.
;             v2.04 (2016-10-01) - Added NumpadDot and AppsKey
;             v2.03 (2016-09-17) - Added displaying "Double-Click" of the left mouse button.
;             v2.02 (2016-09-16) - Added displaying mouse button, and 3 settings (ShowMouseButton, FontSize, GuiHeight)
;             v2.01 (2016-09-11) - Display non english keyboard layout characters when combine with modifer keys.
;             v2.00 (2016-09-01) - Removed the "Fade out" effect because of its buggy.
;                                - Added support for non english keyboard layout.
;                                - Added GuiPosition setting.
;             v1.00 (2013-10-11) - First release.
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#SingleInstance force
#NoEnv
SetBatchLines, -1
ListLines, Off

; Settings
	global TransN                := 200      ; 0~255
	global ShowSingleKey         := True
	global ShowMouseButton       := True
	global ShowSingleModifierKey := True
	global ShowModifierKeyCount  := true
	global ShowStickyModKeyCount := false
	global DisplayTime           := 2000     ; In milliseconds
	global GuiPosition           := "Bottom" ; Top or Bottom
	global FontSize              := 50
	global GuiHeight             := 115

CreateGUI()
CreateHotkey()
return

OnKeyPressed:
	try {
		key := GetKeyStr()
		ShowHotkey(key)
		SetTimer, HideGUI, % -1 * DisplayTime
	}
return

OnKeyUp:
return

_OnKeyUp:
	tickcount_start := A_TickCount
return

; ===================================================================================
CreateGUI() {
	global

	Gui, +AlwaysOnTop -Caption +Owner +LastFound +E0x20
	Gui, Margin, 0, 0
	Gui, Color, Black
	Gui, Font, cWhite s%FontSize% bold, Arial
	Gui, Add, Text, vHotkeyText Center y20

	WinSet, Transparent, %TransN%
}

CreateHotkey() {
	Loop, 95
	{
		k := Chr(A_Index + 31)
		k := (k = " ") ? "Space" : k

		Hotkey, % "~*" k, OnKeyPressed
		Hotkey, % "~*" k " Up", _OnKeyUp
	}

	Loop, 24 ; F1-F24
	{
		Hotkey, % "~*F" A_Index, OnKeyPressed
		Hotkey, % "~*F" A_Index " Up", _OnKeyUp
	}

	Loop, 10 ; Numpad0 - Numpad9
	{
		Hotkey, % "~*Numpad" A_Index - 1, OnKeyPressed
		Hotkey, % "~*Numpad" A_Index - 1 " Up", _OnKeyUp
	}

	Otherkeys := "WheelDown|WheelUp|WheelLeft|WheelRight|XButton1|XButton2|Browser_Forward|Browser_Back|Browser_Refresh|Browser_Stop|Browser_Search|Browser_Favorites|Browser_Home|Volume_Mute|Volume_Down|Volume_Up|Media_Next|Media_Prev|Media_Stop|Media_Play_Pause|Launch_Mail|Launch_Media|Launch_App1|Launch_App2|Help|Sleep|PrintScreen|CtrlBreak|Break|AppsKey|NumpadDot|NumpadDiv|NumpadMult|NumpadAdd|NumpadSub|NumpadEnter|Tab|Enter|Esc|BackSpace"
	           . "|Del|Insert|Home|End|PgUp|PgDn|Up|Down|Left|Right|ScrollLock|CapsLock|NumLock|Pause|sc145|sc146|sc046|sc123"
	Loop, parse, Otherkeys, |
	{
		Hotkey, % "~*" A_LoopField, OnKeyPressed
		Hotkey, % "~*" A_LoopField " Up", _OnKeyUp
	}

	If ShowMouseButton {
		Loop, Parse, % "LButton|MButton|RButton", |
			Hotkey, % "~*" A_LoopField, OnKeyPressed
	}

	for i, mod in ["Ctrl", "Shift", "Alt"] {
		Hotkey, % "~*" mod, OnKeyPressed
		Hotkey, % "~*" mod " Up", OnKeyUp
	}
	for i, mod in ["LWin", "RWin"]
		Hotkey, % "~*" mod, OnKeyPressed
}

ShowHotkey(HotkeyStr) {
	WinGetPos, ActWin_X, ActWin_Y, ActWin_W, ActWin_H, A
	if !ActWin_W
		throw

	text_w := (ActWin_W > A_ScreenWidth) ? A_ScreenWidth : ActWin_W
	GuiControl,     , HotkeyText, %HotkeyStr%
	GuiControl, Move, HotkeyText, w%text_w% Center

	if (GuiPosition = "Top")
		gui_y := ActWin_Y
	else
		gui_y := (ActWin_Y+ActWin_H) - 115 - 50

	Gui, Show, NoActivate x%ActWin_X% y%gui_y% h%GuiHeight% w%text_w%
}

GetKeyStr() {
	static modifiers := ["Ctrl", "Shift", "Alt", "LWin", "RWin"]
	static repeatCount := 1

	for i, mod in modifiers {
		if GetKeyState(mod)
			prefix .= mod " + "
	}

	if (!prefix && !ShowSingleKey)
		throw

	key := SubStr(A_ThisHotkey, 3)

	if (key ~= "i)^(Ctrl|Shift|Alt|LWin|RWin)$") {
		if !ShowSingleModifierKey {
			throw
		}
		key := ""
		prefix := RTrim(prefix, "+ ")

		if ShowModifierKeyCount {
			if !InStr(prefix, "+") && IsDoubleClickEx() {
				if (A_ThisHotKey != A_PriorHotKey) || ShowStickyModKeyCount {
					if (++repeatCount > 1) {
						prefix .= " ( * " repeatCount " )"
					}
				} else {
					repeatCount := 0
				}
			} else {
				repeatCount := 1
			}
		}
	} else {
		if ( StrLen(key) = 1 ) {
			key := GetKeyChar(key, "A")
		} else if ( SubStr(key, 1, 2) = "sc" ) {
			key := SpecialSC(key)
		} else if (key = "LButton") && IsDoubleClick() {
			key := "Double-Click"
		}
		_key := (key = "Double-Click") ? "LButton" : key

		static pre_prefix, pre_key, keyCount := 1
		global tickcount_start
		if (prefix && pre_prefix) && (A_TickCount-tickcount_start < 300) {
			if (prefix != pre_prefix) {
				result := pre_prefix pre_key ", " prefix key
			} else {
				keyCount := (key=pre_key) ? (keyCount+1) : 1
				key := (keyCount>2) ? (key " (" keyCount ")") : (pre_key ", " key)
			}
		} else {
			keyCount := 1
		}

		pre_prefix := prefix
		pre_key := _key

		repeatCount := 1
	}
	return result ? result : prefix . key
}

SpecialSC(sc) {
	static k := {sc046: "ScrollLock", sc145: "NumLock", sc146: "Pause", sc123: "Genius LuxeMate Scroll"}
	return k[sc]
}

; by Lexikos -- https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/110808-getkeyname-for-other-languages/#entry682236
GetKeyChar(Key, WinTitle:=0) {
	thread := WinTitle=0 ? 0
		: DllCall("GetWindowThreadProcessId", "ptr", WinExist(WinTitle), "ptr", 0)
	hkl := DllCall("GetKeyboardLayout", "uint", thread, "ptr")
	vk := GetKeyVK(Key), sc := GetKeySC(Key)
	VarSetCapacity(state, 256, 0)
	VarSetCapacity(char, 4, 0)
	n := DllCall("ToUnicodeEx", "uint", vk, "uint", sc
		, "ptr", &state, "ptr", &char, "int", 2, "uint", 0, "ptr", hkl)
	return StrGet(&char, n, "utf-16")
}

IsDoubleClick(MSec = 300) {
	Return (A_ThisHotKey = A_PriorHotKey) && (A_TimeSincePriorHotkey < MSec)
}

IsDoubleClickEx(MSec = 300) {
	preHotkey := RegExReplace(A_PriorHotkey, "i) Up$")
	Return (A_ThisHotKey = preHotkey) && (A_TimeSincePriorHotkey < MSec)
}

HideGUI() {
	Gui, Hide
}

@erlangp Sorry for the late reply, I didn't notice your comment.

This can be easily done.

OnKeyPressed:
	try {
		key := GetKeyStr()
		; ShowHotkey(key)
		; SetTimer, HideGUI, % -1 * DisplayTime
		ToolTip(key, DisplayTime)
	}
return

ToolTip(Text, sec) {
	ToolTip, % Text
	SetTimer, ToolTip_Remove, % -1 * sec
	return

	ToolTip_Remove:
		ToolTip
	return
}

I am wanting to show this only when my own script performs a hotkey press to show the action performed. Is there an easy way to make it a function that allows me to pass in the text to be shown in the window?

keypressOSD.ahk - Is innovative Autohotkey Script - I do like it, and it is very good Written by the Programmer, the Structure of the Coding is TipTop. - if you run this Script it will Monitor All you Keyboard and Mouse Movements On the Desktop Screen (to the bottom of the active Window) - this is a Must Have for Any Body that make Video Tutorials.

@jasondavis Just extract CreateGUI() and ShowHotkey() functions to your script. Or use this:

Loop {
	Random, str, 1, 9
	osd.show(str)
	Sleep, 1000
}


class osd
{
	static init := osd._initGUI()

	_initGUI()
	{
		global
		Gui, _osd:+AlwaysOnTop -Caption +Owner +LastFound +E0x20
		Gui, _osd:Margin, 0, 0
		Gui, _osd:Color, Black
		Gui, _osd:Font, cWhite s50 bold, Arial
		Gui, _osd:Add, Text, vHotkeyText Center y20
		WinSet, Transparent, 200
	}

	show(Text, GuiPosition = "bottom")
	{
		WinGetPos, ActWin_X, ActWin_Y, ActWin_W, ActWin_H, A
		if !ActWin_W
			ActWin_W := A_ScreenWidth

		text_w := (ActWin_W > A_ScreenWidth) ? A_ScreenWidth : ActWin_W
		GuiControl, _osd:    , HotkeyText, %Text%
		GuiControl, _osd:Move, HotkeyText, w%text_w% Center

		if (GuiPosition = "Top")
			gui_y := ActWin_Y
		else
			gui_y := (ActWin_Y+ActWin_H) - 115 - 50

		Gui, _osd:Show, NoActivate x%ActWin_X% y%gui_y% h115 w%text_w%
	}
}

@edbridle Thanks.