From 3dab15d3b4908d316c9e2018b12877290f3bcc26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Burrows <[EMAIL REDACTED]>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:36:08 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix lost KEY_UP events with multiple keyboards using shared
scancode state (#14446)
---
src/events/SDL_keyboard.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/events/SDL_keyboard.c b/src/events/SDL_keyboard.c
index 8f94256894cad..9204fc4ae8125 100644
--- a/src/events/SDL_keyboard.c
+++ b/src/events/SDL_keyboard.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ typedef struct SDL_Keyboard
SDL_Keymod modstate;
Uint8 keysource[SDL_SCANCODE_COUNT];
bool keystate[SDL_SCANCODE_COUNT];
+ Uint8 keyrefcount[SDL_SCANCODE_COUNT]; // how many devices hold this key
SDL_Keymap *keymap;
Uint32 keycode_options;
bool autorelease_pending;
@@ -88,6 +89,10 @@ static void SDLCALL SDL_KeycodeOptionsChanged(void *userdata, const char *name,
// Public functions
bool SDL_InitKeyboard(void)
{
+ // Init key reference counts to 0
+ SDL_Keyboard *keyboard = &SDL_keyboard;
+ SDL_zeroa(keyboard->keyrefcount);
+
SDL_AddHintCallback(SDL_HINT_KEYCODE_OPTIONS,
SDL_KeycodeOptionsChanged, &SDL_keyboard);
@@ -225,6 +230,7 @@ void SDL_ResetKeyboard(void)
if (keyboard->keystate[scancode]) {
SDL_SendKeyboardKey(0, SDL_GLOBAL_KEYBOARD_ID, 0, (SDL_Scancode)scancode, false);
}
+ keyboard->keyrefcount[scancode] = 0; // Reset reference count
}
}
@@ -522,6 +528,7 @@ static bool SDL_SendKeyboardKeyInternal(Uint64 timestamp, Uint32 flags, SDL_Keyb
SDL_Keycode keycode = SDLK_UNKNOWN;
Uint32 type;
bool repeat = false;
+ bool last_release = false;
const Uint8 source = flags & KEYBOARD_SOURCE_MASK;
#ifdef DEBUG_KEYBOARD
@@ -538,6 +545,9 @@ static bool SDL_SendKeyboardKeyInternal(Uint64 timestamp, Uint32 flags, SDL_Keyb
if (scancode > SDL_SCANCODE_UNKNOWN && scancode < SDL_SCANCODE_COUNT) {
// Drop events that don't change state
if (down) {
+ if (keyboard->keyrefcount[scancode] < 255) {
+ keyboard->keyrefcount[scancode]++;
+ }
if (keyboard->keystate[scancode]) {
if (!(keyboard->keysource[scancode] & source)) {
keyboard->keysource[scancode] |= source;
@@ -547,14 +557,22 @@ static bool SDL_SendKeyboardKeyInternal(Uint64 timestamp, Uint32 flags, SDL_Keyb
}
keyboard->keysource[scancode] |= source;
} else {
- if (!keyboard->keystate[scancode]) {
+ if (keyboard->keyrefcount[scancode] == 0) {
return false;
}
- keyboard->keysource[scancode] = 0;
+ --keyboard->keyrefcount[scancode];
+ if (keyboard->keyrefcount[scancode] == 0) {
+ keyboard->keysource[scancode] = 0;
+ last_release = true;
+ }
}
// Update internal keyboard state
- keyboard->keystate[scancode] = down;
+ if (down) {
+ keyboard->keystate[scancode] = true;
+ } else if (last_release) {
+ keyboard->keystate[scancode] = false;
+ }
keycode = SDL_GetKeyFromScancode(scancode, keyboard->modstate, true);
@@ -621,7 +639,9 @@ static bool SDL_SendKeyboardKeyInternal(Uint64 timestamp, Uint32 flags, SDL_Keyb
break;
}
} else {
- keyboard->modstate &= ~modifier;
+ if (last_release) {
+ keyboard->modstate &= ~modifier;
+ }
}
}