#endif
- if (!special_handling_of_unmodified_accelerators || (ev->state & mask)) {
+ if (!special_handling_of_unmodified_accelerators) {
+
+ /* XXX note that for a brief moment, the conditional above
+ * included "|| (ev->state & mask)" so as to enforce the
+ * implication of special_handling_of_UNMODIFIED_accelerators.
+ * however, this forces any key that GTK doesn't allow and that
+ * we have an alternative (see next comment) for to be
+ * automatically sent through the accel groups activation
+ * pathway, which prevents individual widgets & canvas items
+ * from ever seeing it if is used by a key binding.
+ *
+ * specifically, this hid Ctrl-down-arrow from MIDI region
+ * views because it is also bound to an action.
+ *
+ * until we have a robust, clean binding system, this
+ * quirk will have to remain in place.
+ */
/* pretend that certain key events that GTK does not allow
to be used as accelerators are actually something that