X11: release modifiers whose release the compositor swallowed

GNOME's overview delivers the Super press to the game window, eats the
release and hands the keyboard back without a FocusOut. The backend kept
Command held, so every later key and click reached the game as a Command
shortcut until a real focus change reconciled it (issue #74).

Each key, button, motion and crossing event carries the server's modifier
state; release any modifier key we track as down whose modifier is missing
from it. Synthetic events from other clients are ignored.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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lucannez64andClaude Opus 5.5 committed 2026-10-18 23:03:23 +02:00
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@@ -48,8 +48,29 @@ int main(void) {
XEvent map={0};map.type=KeymapNotify;[display postXEvent:&map];expectModifier(0x37,0);
key(display,KeyPress,66,0);expectModifier(0x39,NSAlphaShiftKeyMask);
key(display,KeyRelease,66,LockMask);expectModifier(0x39,NSAlphaShiftKeyMask);
// GNOME overview: Super press delivered, release swallowed, no focus change.
// The next event's server state lacks Mod4, so Command must be released first.
key(display,KeyPress,133,LockMask);expectModifier(0x37,NSAlphaShiftKeyMask|NSCommandKeyMask);
NSUInteger before=[events count];
key(display,KeyPress,50,LockMask);
assert([events count]==before+2);
NSEvent *released=[events objectAtIndex:before];
assert([released keyCode]==0x37 && [released modifierFlags]==NSAlphaShiftKeyMask);
expectModifier(0x38,NSAlphaShiftKeyMask|NSShiftKeyMask);
// A modifier that is still held stays held.
key(display,KeyPress,133,LockMask|ShiftMask);expectModifier(0x37,NSAlphaShiftKeyMask|NSShiftKeyMask|NSCommandKeyMask);
before=[events count];
key(display,KeyRelease,50,LockMask|ShiftMask|Mod4Mask);
assert([events count]==before+1);
expectModifier(0x38,NSAlphaShiftKeyMask|NSCommandKeyMask);
// Right Alt reports Mod1 on layouts without AltGr; that still counts as held.
key(display,KeyPress,108,LockMask|Mod4Mask);
before=[events count];
key(display,KeyRelease,133,LockMask|Mod4Mask|Mod1Mask);
assert([events count]==before+1);
expectModifier(0x37,NSAlphaShiftKeyMask|NSAlternateKeyMask|NSFunctionKeyMask);
method_setImplementation(method,original);
puts("PASS Super=Command, Alt=Option, both Command keys, post-transition flags, focus-loss release, missed-release reconciliation, Caps Lock");
puts("PASS Super=Command, Alt=Option, both Command keys, post-transition flags, focus-loss release, missed-release reconciliation, Caps Lock, swallowed Super release");
[events release];
}
return 0;