Windows backend reports incorrect text for ctrl+key
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shell/win
- Dominant language
- Rust
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Description
As discussed [in this comment](https://github.com/xi-editor/druid/pull/149#discussion_r324437950); the goal with keyboard event handling is to report the unmodified text value for a printable key, when a printable key is pressed.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the Windows backend keyboard event handling and the linked discussion in pull request 149. Trace how printable keys with Ctrl are converted to text, then verify that the reported text is unmodified for printable keys pressed with Ctrl.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100