On Wed, 14 May 2025 15:31:46 GMT, Martin Fox <m...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> Under the hood the Keyman input method appears as a US English keyboard 
> layout. The characters attached to an NSEvent are always US English Roman 
> even if the selected Keyman layout is, say, Hebrew or Dvorak. Keyman sends 
> the correct Hebrew or Dvorak character to insertText:replacementRange: 
> instead.
> 
> This PR special-cases the Keyman layout, detecting it using the same method 
> that AWT does. When Keyman is active Glass records the insertText: character 
> and uses that when sending out KeyEvents.

What's interesting, not all Hebrew keys produce Latin text.  For example, 'f' 
key does generate `שׂ` as expected (without the fix).  Is that the situation 
described by the comment

// Longer strings are sent out above as commits.

?

With the fix, both keyman and standard macOS text input work (including 
Japanese IME popup).

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1805#issuecomment-2884222490

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