Bug 1999552

Summary: forward_key_event() is broken in gtk4
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Mike FABIAN <mfabian>
Component: gtk4Assignee: Kalev Lember <klember>
Status: CLOSED EOL QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 35CC: gnome-sig, klember, mclasen, mfabian, petersen, pwu, tfujiwar
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Video showing the problem, neither forwarding a space nor returning it as False works. none

Description Mike FABIAN 2021-08-31 10:04:43 UTC
Created attachment 1819321 [details]
Video showing the problem, neither forwarding a space nor returning it as False works.

In the Search Entry in gtk4-demo sending a space with forward_key_event()
produces the letter “n” instead of “ ”, sending the space key
by returning False from do_process_key_event() puts the space *before* the 
committed string, i.e. typing "a " results in " a" when the space is send
by returning False.

[mfabian@fedora ~]$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/gtk4-demo
gtk4-devel-4.4.0-1.fc35.x86_64

See attached video.

Comment 1 fujiwara 2021-09-03 11:18:59 UTC
As I said before, currently ibus core calculates the keycodes from keysyms if engines forward keycode=0 and it's no longer handled in gtk4.

The following change works fine with me.

--- /usr/share/ibus-typing-booster/engine/hunspell_table.py.orig
+++ /usr/share/ibus-typing-booster/engine/hunspell_table.py
@@ -5267,7 +5267,7 @@ class TypingBoosterEngine(IBus.Engine):
             # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291238
             if self._qt_im_module_workaround:
                 return self._return_false(key.val, key.code, key.state)
-            self.forward_key_event(key.val, key.code, key.state)
+            self.forward_key_event(key.val, 0, key.state)
             return True
 
         if key.unicode:

Comment 2 fujiwara 2021-09-03 11:24:12 UTC
I mean ibus in Xorg. I don't discuss about the issue in mutter yet.

Comment 3 Ben Cotton 2022-11-29 17:03:57 UTC
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