linux: improve key translation (#8560)

Rom Grk created

This PR brings linux XKB key translation more in line with the macOS
logic, which fixes quite a few key bindings.

Change summary

crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/util.rs | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Detailed changes

crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/util.rs 🔗

@@ -4,15 +4,66 @@ use crate::{Keystroke, Modifiers};
 
 impl Keystroke {
     pub(super) fn from_xkb(state: &State, modifiers: Modifiers, keycode: Keycode) -> Self {
+        let mut modifiers = modifiers;
+
         let key_utf32 = state.key_get_utf32(keycode);
         let key_utf8 = state.key_get_utf8(keycode);
         let key_sym = state.key_get_one_sym(keycode);
 
+        // The logic here tries to replicate the logic in `../mac/events.rs`
+        // "Consumed" modifiers are modifiers that have been used to translate a key, for example
+        // pressing "shift" and "1" on US layout produces the key `!` but "consumes" the shift.
+        // Notes:
+        //  - macOS gets the key character directly ("."), xkb gives us the key name ("period")
+        //  - macOS logic removes consumed shift modifier for symbols: "{", not "shift-{"
+        //  - macOS logic keeps consumed shift modifiers for letters: "shift-a", not "a" or "A"
+
+        let mut handle_consumed_modifiers = true;
         let key = match key_sym {
             Keysym::Return => "enter".to_owned(),
             Keysym::Prior => "pageup".to_owned(),
             Keysym::Next => "pagedown".to_owned(),
-            _ => xkb::keysym_get_name(key_sym).to_lowercase(),
+
+            Keysym::comma => ",".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::period => ".".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::less => "<".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::greater => ">".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::slash => "/".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::question => "?".to_owned(),
+
+            Keysym::semicolon => ";".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::colon => ":".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::apostrophe => "'".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::quotedbl => "\"".to_owned(),
+
+            Keysym::bracketleft => "[".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::braceleft => "{".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::bracketright => "]".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::braceright => "}".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::backslash => "\\".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::bar => "|".to_owned(),
+
+            Keysym::grave => "`".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::asciitilde => "~".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::exclam => "!".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::at => "@".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::numbersign => "#".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::dollar => "$".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::percent => "%".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::asciicircum => "^".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::ampersand => "&".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::asterisk => "*".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::parenleft => "(".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::parenright => ")".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::minus => "-".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::underscore => "_".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::equal => "=".to_owned(),
+            Keysym::plus => "+".to_owned(),
+
+            _ => {
+                handle_consumed_modifiers = false;
+                xkb::keysym_get_name(key_sym).to_lowercase()
+            }
         };
 
         // Ignore control characters (and DEL) for the purposes of ime_key,
@@ -21,6 +72,15 @@ impl Keystroke {
             && !key_utf8.is_empty())
         .then_some(key_utf8);
 
+        if handle_consumed_modifiers {
+            let mod_shift_index = state.get_keymap().mod_get_index(xkb::MOD_NAME_SHIFT);
+            let is_shift_consumed = state.mod_index_is_consumed(keycode, mod_shift_index);
+
+            if modifiers.shift && is_shift_consumed {
+                modifiers.shift = false;
+            }
+        }
+
         Keystroke {
             modifiers,
             key,