macOS: Remove is_key_down from ViewState (#1489)

Fixes #1488.

`is_key_down` was only set to true when `insertText` was called.
Therefore `is_key_down` was actually meant to store whether the most
recently pressed key generated an `insertText` event, at which, winit
produces a `ReceivedCharacter`. The issue is that `insertText` is *not*
called for "key repeat", but winit wants to send `ReceivedCharacter`
events for "key repeat" too. To solve this, the `is_key_down` variable
was then checked in the `key_down` function to determine whether it was
valid to produce repeated `ReceivedCharacter` events during "key
repeat". However this check is not needed since `ReceivedCharacter` must
always be called if the key event has a non-empty `characters` property.

Furthermore `is_key_down` didn't actually store whether the previously
pressed character had an `insertText` event, because it was incorrectly
set to false on every "key up". This meant that if two keys were pressed
consecutively and then the first was released, then `is_key_down` was
set to false even if the most recent keypress did actually produce an
`insertText`.

Update changelog.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - **Breaking:** On Web, remove the `stdweb` backend.
 - Added `Window::focus_window`to bring the window to the front and set input focus.
 - On Wayland and X11, implement `is_maximized` method on `Window`.
+- On macOS, fix issue where `ReceivedCharacter` was not being emitted during some key repeat events.
 
 # 0.25.0 (2021-05-15)
 

src/platform_impl/macos/view.rs

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ pub(super) struct ViewState {
     pub cursor_state: Arc<Mutex<CursorState>>,
     ime_spot: Option<(f64, f64)>,
     raw_characters: Option<String>,
-    is_key_down: bool,
     pub(super) modifiers: ModifiersState,
     tracking_rect: Option<NSInteger>,
 }
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ pub fn new_view(ns_window: id) -> (IdRef, Weak<Mutex<CursorState>>) {
         cursor_state,
         ime_spot: None,
         raw_characters: None,
-        is_key_down: false,
         modifiers: Default::default(),
         tracking_rect: None,
     };
@@ -516,7 +514,6 @@ extern "C" fn insert_text(this: &Object, _sel: Sel, string: id, _replacement_ran
         let slice =
             slice::from_raw_parts(characters.UTF8String() as *const c_uchar, characters.len());
         let string = str::from_utf8_unchecked(slice);
-        state.is_key_down = true;
 
         // We don't need this now, but it's here if that changes.
         //let event: id = msg_send![NSApp(), currentEvent];
@@ -675,7 +672,7 @@ extern "C" fn key_down(this: &Object, _sel: Sel, event: id) {
         let pass_along = {
             AppState::queue_event(EventWrapper::StaticEvent(window_event));
             // Emit `ReceivedCharacter` for key repeats
-            if is_repeat && state.is_key_down {
+            if is_repeat {
                 for character in characters.chars().filter(|c| !is_corporate_character(*c)) {
                     AppState::queue_event(EventWrapper::StaticEvent(Event::WindowEvent {
                         window_id,
@@ -705,8 +702,6 @@ extern "C" fn key_up(this: &Object, _sel: Sel, event: id) {
         let state_ptr: *mut c_void = *this.get_ivar("winitState");
         let state = &mut *(state_ptr as *mut ViewState);
 
-        state.is_key_down = false;
-
         let scancode = get_scancode(event) as u32;
         let virtual_keycode = retrieve_keycode(event);