Index: ui/events/keycodes/keyboard_code_conversion_x.cc |
diff --git a/ui/events/keycodes/keyboard_code_conversion_x.cc b/ui/events/keycodes/keyboard_code_conversion_x.cc |
index 0a226fcef288331b983ee292914fcd5ab7bb0d76..6eaf1c56744b73cfe138c0cbe737cec380130ab9 100644 |
--- a/ui/events/keycodes/keyboard_code_conversion_x.cc |
+++ b/ui/events/keycodes/keyboard_code_conversion_x.cc |
@@ -1276,4 +1276,30 @@ int XKeysymForWindowsKeyCode(KeyboardCode keycode, bool shift) { |
} |
} |
+unsigned int XKeysymForWindowsKeyCode(ui::KeyboardCode key_code, |
+ int flags, |
+ XDisplay* display) { |
+ // SHIFT state is ignored in the call to XKeysymForWindowsKeyCode() here |
+ // because we map the XKeysym back to a keycode, i.e. a physical key position. |
+ // Using a SHIFT-modified XKeysym would sometimes yield X keycodes that, |
+ // while technically valid, may be surprising in that they do not match |
+ // the keycode of the original press, and conflict with assumptions in |
+ // other code. |
+ // |
+ // For example, in a US layout, Shift-9 has the interpretation XK_parenleft, |
+ // but the keycode KEY_9 alone does not map to XK_parenleft; instead, |
+ // XKeysymToKeycode() returns KEY_KPLEFTPAREN (keypad left parenthesis) |
+ // which does map to XK_parenleft -- notwithstanding that keyboards with |
+ // dedicated number pad parenthesis keys are currently uncommon. |
+ // |
+ // Similarly, Shift-Comma has the interpretation XK_less, but KEY_COMMA |
+ // alone does not map to XK_less; XKeysymToKeycode() returns KEY_102ND |
+ // (the '<>' key between Shift and Z on 105-key keyboards) which does. |
+ // |
+ // crbug.com/386066 and crbug.com/390263 are examples of problems |
+ // associated with this. |
+ // |
+ return XKeysymToKeycode(display, XKeysymForWindowsKeyCode(key_code, false)); |
+} |
+ |
} // namespace ui |