keystroke falls through to xochitl #41

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1. esclee commented on Mar 10, 2026

   

   esclee

   on Mar 10, 2026

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   And when this happens, I have to tap on the app on screen to make the app read keystrokes again.

   Adding some detail: when the app doesn't naturally know what to do with a keypress (e.g., current focus is a textedit but pressing the right arrow will move the cursor beyond the end of the text) that's when it seems to fall. Explicitly accepting keypress events in those instances seems to prevent that.
2. ingatellent commented on Sep 17, 2026

   

   ingatellent

   on Sep 17, 2026

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   I've thought a bit about this: I actually like this. This means that I can use global keyboard shortcuts in xochitl. And if an app supports keyboard input it should make sure to only make relevant shortcuts fall trough (so it should set event.accepted on all events it does not want to pass on).

   I do agree that the handling of keyboard focus could be much better (it's not always a tap works for restoring keyboard input for me.)

   E.g. I have a shortcut: Ctrl + S to turn on split screen. I like that this shortcut works even though I have an AppLoad app loaded.