emilk / emilk/egui

In windows, windows modifier key (in any form of Win, LWin, RWin) seem to NOT be registered/tracked by egui

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Description

They dont even seem to be in the Modifiers struct, and of the fields in that struct, none seem to track the Win modifier key press/release.

Its a bigger deal than just not being able to code to those, because since egui windows seem to 'eat' key events, doing something like a win key press outside then release inside the egui window can make external apps not see the release event and think the win key is stuck etc

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the Windows input path and the Modifiers definition, then reproduce Win, LWin, and RWin press/release handling. Done means the Win modifier is tracked and key events do not leave external applications believing the key is stuck.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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