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Unified Diff: ui/events/keycodes/keyboard_code_conversion_x.cc

Issue 378503007: Fix some surprising reverse key mappings. (Closed) Base URL: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git@master
Patch Set: Address review comments (derat) Created 6 years, 5 months ago
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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

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