From 7f11e930d549f78ddc892639b4946f616a8e0945 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justine Smithies <justine@smithies.me.uk>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:06:44 +0100
Subject: Added a new script with keybindings to record the focused output,
 window or selected region.

---
 .config/cow/cow.conf       | 12 ++++++++++++
 .local/bin/screenrecord.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 .local/bin/screenrecord.sh

diff --git a/.config/cow/cow.conf b/.config/cow/cow.conf
index f001bbf..d86b0f2 100644
--- a/.config/cow/cow.conf
+++ b/.config/cow/cow.conf
@@ -333,6 +333,18 @@ bind L+Print exec sh "$HOME/.local/bin/screenshot.sh selected-region"
 # Take a screenshot and save it to the clipboard
 bind LS+Print exec sh "$HOME/.local/bin/screenshot.sh save-to-clipboard"
 
+# Take a recording of the focused output
+bind C+Print exec sh "$HOME/.local/bin/screenrecord.sh"
+
+# Take a recording of the focused window
+bind CS+Print exec sh "$HOME/.local/bin/screenrecord.sh focused-window"
+
+# Take a recording of the selected region
+bind CL+Print exec sh "$HOME/.local/bin/screenrecord.sh selected-region"
+
+# Stop all screen recording
+bind CS+r exec "pkill -SIGINT wf-recorder"
+
 # Raise cowpager and cowbuttons
 bind LS+b script {
     for w in (windows where w.app_id == "cowpager") {
diff --git a/.local/bin/screenrecord.sh b/.local/bin/screenrecord.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c60d46c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/bin/screenrecord.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Get focused output
+output="$( moocow show windows | jq -r '.data[] | select(.focused == true) | .output')"
+
+case $1 in
+	selected-region)
+		# Record the selected region
+        wf-recorder -g "$(slurp)" -f ~/Videos/"$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%m-%s)".mkv
+		;;
+	focused-window)
+		# Record the focused window
+		geometry=$(moocow winops -I | jq -r '.data.frame | "\(.x),\(.y) \(.width)x\(.height)"')
+		echo "$geometry"
+        wf-recorder -g "$geometry" -f ~/Videos/"$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%m-%s)".mkv
+		;;
+	*)
+		# Record the currently focused output and save it into Screenrecordings
+		wf-recorder -o "$output" -f ~/Videos/"$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%m-%s)".mkv
+		;;
+esac
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