QKeyEvent::text() inconsistency between Linux and Mac

For a key event triggered by the cursor keys, QKeyEvent::text() returns
char with value 0x14 or similar. This patch (Cocoa only)will remove
text from all key events for the unicode range 0xF700-0xF747. This is
part of the corporate unicode range used by apple for keyboard function keys.
[http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/APPLE/CORPCHAR.TXT]

Task-number: QTBUG-11225
Reviewed-by: Bradley T. Hughes

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qkeymapper_mac.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qkeymapper_mac.cpp
index 873b8f9be6..3dc6afc88a 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qkeymapper_mac.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qkeymapper_mac.cpp
@@ -866,14 +866,27 @@ bool QKeyMapperPrivate::translateKeyEvent(QWidget *widget, EventHandlerCallRef e
         UInt32 macModifiers = 0;
         GetEventParameter(event, kEventParamKeyModifiers, typeUInt32, 0,
                           sizeof(macModifiers), 0, &macModifiers);
+#ifdef QT_MAC_USE_COCOA
+        // The unicode characters in the range 0xF700-0xF747 are reserved
+        // by Mac OS X for transient use as keyboard function keys. We
+        // wont send 'text' for such key events. This is done to match
+        // behavior on other platforms.
+        unsigned int *unicodeKey = (unsigned int*)info;
+        if (*unicodeKey >= 0xf700 && *unicodeKey <= 0xf747)
+            text = QString();
+        bool isAccepted;
+#endif
         handled_event = QKeyMapper::sendKeyEvent(widget, grab,
                                                  (ekind == kEventRawKeyUp) ? QEvent::KeyRelease : QEvent::KeyPress,
                                                  qtKey, modifiers, text, ekind == kEventRawKeyRepeat, 0,
                                                  macScanCode, macVirtualKey, macModifiers
 #ifdef QT_MAC_USE_COCOA
-                                                 ,static_cast<bool *>(info)
+                                                 ,&isAccepted
 #endif
                                                  );
+#ifdef QT_MAC_USE_COCOA
+        *unicodeKey = (unsigned int)isAccepted;
+#endif
     }
     return handled_event;
 }