Index: sources/view/VEventSpy.cpp
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diff -u -r9d8a60eb984003d3f7814cbe507b1b37f519bc80 -r052c794d6a8db55a2fbfdad172275af073ee54c3
--- sources/view/VEventSpy.cpp	(.../VEventSpy.cpp)	(revision 9d8a60eb984003d3f7814cbe507b1b37f519bc80)
+++ sources/view/VEventSpy.cpp	(.../VEventSpy.cpp)	(revision 052c794d6a8db55a2fbfdad172275af073ee54c3)
@@ -17,17 +17,21 @@
 // Qt
 #include <QtGlobal>
 #include <QMouseEvent>
+#include <QDateTime>
 
 // Project
 #include "GuiGlobals.h"
 #include "Logger.h"
+#include "FileHandler.h"
+#include "DeviceController.h"
 
 // if needs to spy on the mouse events
 // (which is happening on the desktop only since there is not mouse attached to the device)
 // remove the #define comment line below.
 // #define SPY_MOUSE_EVENT
 
 using namespace View;
+using namespace Storage;
 
 VEventSpy::VEventSpy(QObject *)
 {
@@ -70,6 +74,10 @@
     case QEvent::Type::TouchUpdate          : touchEventSpy(vEvent, "tU"); break;
     case QEvent::Type::TouchCancel          : touchEventSpy(vEvent, "tC"); break;
     case QEvent::Type::TouchEnd             : touchEventSpy(vEvent, "tE"); break;
+
+    // Keyboard
+    case QEvent::Type::KeyPress             : keybdEventSpy(vEvent      ); break;
+
     // coco end
     default                                 :
         break;
@@ -181,3 +189,37 @@
  */
 void VEventSpy::doTouchReset() { touchCount(0); }
 // coco end
+
+
+// coco begin validated: this code has been manually tested.
+// the only intention of this code is to be used for testing and has been tested and is working fine.
+/*!
+ * \brief VEventSpy::keybdEventSpy
+ * \param vEvent
+ */
+void VEventSpy::keybdEventSpy(QEvent *vEvent) {
+    const char *datetimeFormat = "yyyyMMdd-HHmmss";
+    static bool firstEntry = true;
+    static bool folderAvailable = false;
+    static QString dateTime = QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString(datetimeFormat);
+    QString currentDateTime = QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString(datetimeFormat);
+    if ( firstEntry ) { // we will only need to check for the folder once in application life time.
+        folderAvailable = FileHandler::makeFolder(QString(USB_Mount_Point) + Screenshot_Base_Path_Name);
+        if ( ! folderAvailable ) {
+            LOG_DEBUG(QString("Folder is not available for screenshot [%1]").arg(Storage::Screenshot_Base_Path_Name));
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ( ! folderAvailable ) return;
+    if ( ! firstEntry && dateTime == currentDateTime ) return; // prevents user to request more than 1 screen shot per second (defined by date time format.)
+    dateTime = currentDateTime;
+
+    firstEntry = false;
+    QKeyEvent *keyEvent = static_cast<QKeyEvent *>(vEvent);
+    if (keyEvent->key() == Qt::Key_F12) {
+         QImage  screenshotImage    = Gui::_viewer->grabWindow(); // this has to be called in Gui Thread regarding the Qt doc
+         QString screenshotFileName = Storage::USB_Mount_Point + QString(Storage::Screenshot_Base_Path_Name) + currentDateTime + ".png";
+        _DeviceController.doScreenshot(screenshotImage, screenshotFileName);
+    }
+}
+// coco end