Explicit key-event forwarding for MacVST

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/mac_vst_plugin_ui.mm b/gtk2_ardour/mac_vst_plugin_ui.mm
index 6297525d1607af0d24939db36c8b7f9f9032d7af..50665d6734d3d938e56720cc217afffabac8a829 100644 (file)
--- a/gtk2_ardour/mac_vst_plugin_ui.mm
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/mac_vst_plugin_ui.mm
@@ -146,6 +146,21 @@ MacVSTPluginUI::package (Gtk::Window& win)
 void
 MacVSTPluginUI::forward_key_event (GdkEventKey* ev)
 {
+       NSEvent* nsevent = gdk_quartz_event_get_nsevent ((GdkEvent*)ev);
+
+       if (_ns_view && nsevent) {
+               /* filter on nsevent type here because GDK massages FlagsChanged
+                * messages into GDK_KEY_{PRESS,RELEASE} but Cocoa won't
+                * handle a FlagsChanged message as a keyDown or keyUp
+                */
+               if ([nsevent type] == NSKeyDown) {
+                       [[[_ns_view window] firstResponder] keyDown:nsevent];
+               } else if ([nsevent type] == NSKeyUp) {
+                       [[[_ns_view window] firstResponder] keyUp:nsevent];
+               } else if ([nsevent type] == NSFlagsChanged) {
+                       [[[_ns_view window] firstResponder] flagsChanged:nsevent];
+               }
+       }
 }
 
 void