input-event.ts
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KeyInputEvent
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keypressinputnameescapespacectrlmetaprocessedasspecialsequencenonalphanumerickeysinto
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../parse-keypress.js./event.js
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import { nonAlphanumericKeys, type ParsedKey } from '../parse-keypress.js'
import { Event } from './event.js'
export type Key = {
upArrow: boolean
downArrow: boolean
leftArrow: boolean
rightArrow: boolean
pageDown: boolean
pageUp: boolean
wheelUp: boolean
wheelDown: boolean
home: boolean
end: boolean
return: boolean
escape: boolean
ctrl: boolean
shift: boolean
fn: boolean
tab: boolean
backspace: boolean
delete: boolean
meta: boolean
super: boolean
}
function parseKey(keypress: ParsedKey): [Key, string] {
const key: Key = {
upArrow: keypress.name === 'up',
downArrow: keypress.name === 'down',
leftArrow: keypress.name === 'left',
rightArrow: keypress.name === 'right',
pageDown: keypress.name === 'pagedown',
pageUp: keypress.name === 'pageup',
wheelUp: keypress.name === 'wheelup',
wheelDown: keypress.name === 'wheeldown',
home: keypress.name === 'home',
end: keypress.name === 'end',
return: keypress.name === 'return',
escape: keypress.name === 'escape',
fn: keypress.fn,
ctrl: keypress.ctrl,
shift: keypress.shift,
tab: keypress.name === 'tab',
backspace: keypress.name === 'backspace',
delete: keypress.name === 'delete',
// `parseKeypress` parses \u001B\u001B[A (meta + up arrow) as meta = false
// but with option = true, so we need to take this into account here
// to avoid breaking changes in Ink.
// TODO(vadimdemedes): consider removing this in the next major version.
meta: keypress.meta || keypress.name === 'escape' || keypress.option,
// Super (Cmd on macOS / Win key) — only arrives via kitty keyboard
// protocol CSI u sequences. Distinct from meta (Alt/Option) so
// bindings like cmd+c can be expressed separately from opt+c.
super: keypress.super,
}
let input = keypress.ctrl ? keypress.name : keypress.sequence
// Handle undefined input case
if (input === undefined) {
input = ''
}
// When ctrl is set, keypress.name for space is the literal word "space".
// Convert to actual space character for consistency with the CSI u branch
// (which maps 'space' → ' '). Without this, ctrl+space leaks the literal
// word "space" into text input.
if (keypress.ctrl && input === 'space') {
input = ' '
}
// Suppress unrecognized escape sequences that were parsed as function keys
// (matched by FN_KEY_RE) but have no name in the keyName map.
// Examples: ESC[25~ (F13/Right Alt on Windows), ESC[26~ (F14), etc.
// Without this, the ESC prefix is stripped below and the remainder (e.g.,
// "[25~") leaks into the input as literal text.
if (keypress.code && !keypress.name) {
input = ''
}
// Suppress ESC-less SGR mouse fragments. When a heavy React commit blocks
// the event loop past App's 50ms NORMAL_TIMEOUT flush, a CSI split across
// stdin chunks gets its buffered ESC flushed as a lone Escape key, and the
// continuation arrives as a text token with name='' — which falls through
// all of parseKeypress's ESC-anchored regexes and the nonAlphanumericKeys
// clear below (name is falsy). The fragment then leaks into the prompt as
// literal `[<64;74;16M`. This is the same defensive sink as the F13 guard
// above; the underlying tokenizer-flush race is upstream of this layer.
if (!keypress.name && /^\[<\d+;\d+;\d+[Mm]/.test(input)) {
input = ''
}
// Strip meta if it's still remaining after `parseKeypress`
// TODO(vadimdemedes): remove this in the next major version.
if (input.startsWith('\u001B')) {
input = input.slice(1)
}
// Track whether we've already processed this as a special sequence
// that converted input to the key name (CSI u or application keypad mode).
// For these, we don't want to clear input with nonAlphanumericKeys check.
let processedAsSpecialSequence = false
// Handle CSI u sequences (Kitty keyboard protocol): after stripping ESC,
// we're left with "[codepoint;modifieru" (e.g., "[98;3u" for Alt+b).
// Use the parsed key name instead for input handling. Require a digit
// after [ — real CSI u is always [<digits>…u, and a bare startsWith('[')
// false-matches X10 mouse at row 85 (Cy = 85+32 = 'u'), leaking the
// literal text "mouse" into the prompt via processedAsSpecialSequence.
if (/^\[\d/.test(input) && input.endsWith('u')) {
if (!keypress.name) {
// Unmapped Kitty functional key (Caps Lock 57358, F13–F35, KP nav,
// bare modifiers, etc.) — keycodeToName() returned undefined. Swallow
// so the raw "[57358u" doesn't leak into the prompt. See #38781.
input = ''
} else {
// 'space' → ' '; 'escape' → '' (key.escape carries it;
// processedAsSpecialSequence bypasses the nonAlphanumericKeys
// clear below, so we must handle it explicitly here);
// otherwise use key name.
input =
keypress.name === 'space'
? ' '
: keypress.name === 'escape'
? ''
: keypress.name
}
processedAsSpecialSequence = true
}
// Handle xterm modifyOtherKeys sequences: after stripping ESC, we're left
// with "[27;modifier;keycode~" (e.g., "[27;3;98~" for Alt+b). Same
// extraction as CSI u — without this, printable-char keycodes (single-letter
// names) skip the nonAlphanumericKeys clear and leak "[27;..." as input.
if (input.startsWith('[27;') && input.endsWith('~')) {
if (!keypress.name) {
// Unmapped modifyOtherKeys keycode — swallow for consistency with
// the CSI u handler above. Practically untriggerable today (xterm
// modifyOtherKeys only sends ASCII keycodes, all mapped), but
// guards against future terminal behavior.
input = ''
} else {
input =
keypress.name === 'space'
? ' '
: keypress.name === 'escape'
? ''
: keypress.name
}
processedAsSpecialSequence = true
}
// Handle application keypad mode sequences: after stripping ESC,
// we're left with "O<letter>" (e.g., "Op" for numpad 0, "Oy" for numpad 9).
// Use the parsed key name (the digit character) for input handling.
if (
input.startsWith('O') &&
input.length === 2 &&
keypress.name &&
keypress.name.length === 1
) {
input = keypress.name
processedAsSpecialSequence = true
}
// Clear input for non-alphanumeric keys (arrows, function keys, etc.)
// Skip this for CSI u and application keypad mode sequences since
// those were already converted to their proper input characters.
if (
!processedAsSpecialSequence &&
keypress.name &&
nonAlphanumericKeys.includes(keypress.name)
) {
input = ''
}
// Set shift=true for uppercase letters (A-Z)
// Must check it's actually a letter, not just any char unchanged by toUpperCase
if (
input.length === 1 &&
typeof input[0] === 'string' &&
input[0] >= 'A' &&
input[0] <= 'Z'
) {
key.shift = true
}
return [key, input]
}
export class InputEvent extends Event {
readonly keypress: ParsedKey
readonly key: Key
readonly input: string
constructor(keypress: ParsedKey) {
super()
const [key, input] = parseKey(keypress)
this.keypress = keypress
this.key = key
this.input = input
}
}