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Ignore recording HUD and webcam overlay clicks when generating auto-zooms - #1200
This PR prevents clicks on Recordly's own recording overlays from generating unwanted automatic zooms.
Motivation
Clicking the recording HUD or floating webcam preview during recording should not create automatic zoom effects in the final video. That adds a lot of unnecessary work of removing unwanted zooms, which is a time-consuming task.
Launch Recordly and start a recording with the recording HUD visible.
Click different controls on the recording HUD. Verify that these clicks do not generate automatic zooms.
Enable the webcam preview and click inside it. Verify that these clicks do not generate automatic zooms.
Move the webcam preview and repeat the test to verify that the excluded area updates correctly.
Click elsewhere on the screen, outside both overlays. Verify that normal automatic zooms are still generated.
zooms.
Checklist
I have read and agree to the contribution terms for my contributions in this pull request, including the additional commercial licensing grant to the Recordly project owner, and I am authorized to make those grants.
I have performed a self-review of my code.
I have added any necessary screenshots or videos.
I have linked related issue(s) and updated the changelog if applicable.
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Bug Fixes
Clicks within the HUD bar and webcam preview are no longer recorded as clicks. Clicks outside those areas continue to be recorded normally.
Interactive areas stay aligned with the HUD bar and webcam preview as they move or resize. They clear when neither element is present and when the HUD window closes.
The renderer reports screen-space bounds for the HUD bar and recording webcam preview. The main process validates and stores those bounds. Cursor mouse-down recording skips clicks within them when the HUD is visible and not minimized.
The preload API exposes hudOverlaySetInteractiveBounds. The renderer sends screen-space bounds for the HUD bar and recording webcam preview. It reports null when neither element exists and clears the bounds during effect cleanup.
Store and validate bounds electron/windows.ts
The main process stores bounds sent over IPC, clears invalid input, exposes the current bounds, and clears them when the HUD window closes.
Filter clicks within bounds electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.ts, electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.test.ts
Mouse-down recording returns early when the HUD is visible, not minimized, and the cursor is within an interactive bounds rectangle. The test checks that clicks within two rectangles are skipped and that a click outside them is recorded.
webadderallorg/Recordly#1191: Adds HUD interactive-region collection and hit testing for mouse-passthrough decisions.
Suggested reviewers:webadderall
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 908bb
The change excludes clicks on the recording HUD and webcam preview from auto-zoom generation. No merge-blocking risk is identified; adding a drag-bounds test would improve confidence.
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The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: excluding recording HUD and webcam overlay clicks from automatic zoom generation.
Description check
The description covers the change, motivation, related issue, media, testing steps, and checklist. It includes a minor stray duplicate word, "zooms.", after the testing steps, but the required informa…
Linked Issues check
Issue #1173 requires Recordly HUD interactions to be excluded from automatic-zoom click input. recordCursorMouseDown checks visible, non-minimized HUD bounds and skips clicks inside them. `LaunchWin…
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The added API declaration, preload IPC channel, validated main-process bounds state, overlay bound reporting, cursor filtering, and focused interaction test all support issue #1173 or the PR's webcam-…
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The description covers the change, motivation, related issue, media, testing steps, and checklist. It includes a minor stray duplicate word, "zooms.", after the testing steps, but the required information is otherwise complete.
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Issue #1173 requires Recordly HUD interactions to be excluded from automatic-zoom click input. recordCursorMouseDown checks visible, non-minimized HUD bounds and skips clicks inside them. LaunchWindow.tsx reports screen-space HUD and recording webcam-preview bounds and refreshes them on movement, resize, and relevant state changes. The added interaction test verifies that clicks inside configured bounds do not create cursor samples and that an outside click still does. The webcam-preview exclusion is also implemented as stated in the current PR intent.
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The added API declaration, preload IPC channel, validated main-process bounds state, overlay bound reporting, cursor filtering, and focused interaction test all support issue #1173 or the PR's webcam-preview extension. The supplied whole-PR change summary identifies no unrelated changes.
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Review comments at @electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.ts:
- Around line 14-15: Update the interaction test setup to mock the windows
module before importing the interaction module, providing mocked
getHudOverlayInteractiveBounds and getHudOverlayWindow exports that return null
so loading windows.ts does not register IPC handlers in the test.
Review comments at @electron/windows.ts:
- Around line 496-520: Validate the payload in the
“hud-overlay-set-interactive-bounds” handler before inspecting its rectangles:
reject non-array values and any null or non-object entry, clear
hudOverlayInteractiveBounds, and return. Preserve the existing finite-coordinate
and rectangle-order checks for valid entries.
Review comments at @src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx:
- Around line 183-190: Update the bounds-reporting effect in LaunchWindow so it
reruns when webcamPreview.webcamPreviewOffset changes, ensuring both interactive
rectangles are reported after the webcam moves; preserve the existing
dependencies and reporting behavior.
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electron/electron-env.d.ts
electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.ts
electron/preload.ts
electron/windows.ts
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Review comments at @electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.test.ts:
- Around line 14-17: The HUD interaction tests mock overlay bounds as null, so
they do not verify filtering against actual rectangles. Update the mocks and add
recordCursorMouseDown tests for clicks inside each rectangle and outside both,
plus hidden and minimized HUD windows; assert which clicks are recorded while
preserving the existing filtering behavior.
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Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Heavy lift
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Script executed:
rg -n 'recordCursorMouseDown|getHudOverlayInteractiveBounds|getHudOverlayWindow' electron src --glob '*.test.*'
sed -n '1,60p' electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.test.ts
sed -n '185,230p' electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.ts
Repository: webadderallorg/Recordly
Length of output: 4734
Script executed:
printf'%s\n''--- test file ---'
cat -n electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.test.ts
printf'%s\n''--- references in tests, all repository ---'
rg -n --glob '*test*' --glob '*spec*' -e 'recordCursorMouseDown|getHudOverlayInteractiveBounds|getHudOverlayWindow|startCursorCapture|cursor.*[Mm]ouse[Dd]own'.||test"$?" -eq 1
printf'%s\n''--- filter and capture functions ---'
rg -n -e 'recordCursorMouseDown|isCursorCaptureActive|isCursorCapturePaused|getHudOverlayInteractiveBounds|getHudOverlayWindow' electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.ts
cat -n electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.ts | sed -n '190,270p'printf'%s\n''--- monitor test ---'
cat -n electron/ipc/cursor/monitor.test.ts
printf'%s\n''--- PR diff in cursor files ---'
git diff 0ea5bd753050874a6d157cab818489aa398d6161 2eee9afd9b3caccd0030f4bbcf096ead2a59a6b6 -- electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.ts electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.test.ts
Repository: webadderallorg/Recordly
Length of output: 11985
Test the HUD filter with non-null bounds.
Add recordCursorMouseDown tests for clicks inside each rectangle and outside both rectangles. Also test hidden and minimized HUD windows. Assert which clicks are recorded.
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Review comment at @electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.test.ts around lines 14 - 17:
The HUD interaction tests mock overlay bounds as null, so they do not verify
filtering against actual rectangles. Update the mocks and add
recordCursorMouseDown tests for clicks inside each rectangle and outside both,
plus hidden and minimized HUD windows; assert which clicks are recorded while
preserving the existing filtering behavior.
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Review comments at @electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.test.ts:
- Around line 53-56: Add a drag test in the cursor interaction tests that
exercises the renderer-to-main bounds update path instead of relying only on
mocked fixed bounds. Verify the reported bounds after moving the webcam preview,
then confirm clicks at the new position are excluded and clicks at the old
position are recorded.
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Add coverage for bounds after moving the webcam preview.
The fixed bounds bypass the renderer-to-main update path. Add a drag test that checks the reported bounds and confirms that clicks at the new position are excluded while clicks at the old position are recorded.
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Add a drag test in the cursor interaction tests that exercises the renderer-to-main bounds update path instead of relying only on mocked fixed bounds. Verify the reported bounds after moving the webcam preview, then confirm clicks at the new position are excluded and clicks at the old position are recorded.
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Description
This PR prevents clicks on Recordly's own recording overlays from generating unwanted automatic zooms.
Motivation
Clicking the recording HUD or floating webcam preview during recording should not create automatic zoom effects in the final video. That adds a lot of unnecessary work of removing unwanted zooms, which is a time-consuming task.
Type of Change
Related Issue(s)
Closes #1173
Screenshots / Video
compressed_recordly.mp4
Testing Guide
zooms.
Checklist
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