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fix: handle space insertion during Korean IME composition - #3555
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WalkthroughThe terminal custom key handler now filters unmodified IME composition events, including events identified by Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Severity of issue fixed: Medium Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to
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Check name Status Explanation Title check The title clearly identifies the main change: fixing space insertion during Korean IME composition. Description check The description directly explains the Korean IME issue, the implementation, and the added tests. Linked Issues check Issue #3545requires the Korean IME composing syllable to commit before Space reaches the terminal.isImeCompositionEventdetects composing key events, including Space,Process, and key code 229, …Out of Scope Changes check The reviewed changes are limited to IME key-event classification, the terminal custom key-event wrapper, its TermWrapintegration, and focused unit tests. These changes directly support issue#3545.…
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Review comments at @frontend/app/view/term/termwrap.ts:
- Around line 79-80: Update the isImeCompositionEvent guard to allow keyCode 229
events through to xterm while continuing to block other IME composition events,
including Space keyCode 32.
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| if (isImeCompositionEvent(e)) { | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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printf '%s\n' '--- changed file at reviewed head ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- xterm references and package declarations ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'package.json' --glob '*lock*' --glob 'pnpm-lock.yaml' --glob 'yarn.lock' --glob 'package-lock.json' -e 'xterm' -e 'xterm.js' . || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- wrapper callers and terminal attachment ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.tsx' -e 'makeCustomKeyEventHandler' -e 'customKeyEventHandler' -e 'attachCustomKeyEventHandler' -e 'CompositionHelper' frontend | head -200
printf '%s\n' '--- dependency source candidates ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- relevant callers ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.tsx' -e 'makeCustomKeyEventHandler' -e 'customKeyEventHandler' -e 'attachCustomKeyEventHandler' frontend || test "$?" -eq 1
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🌐 Web query:
official xterm.js 6.0.0 source attachCustomKeyEventHandler CompositionHelper keydown keyCode 32 229
💡 Result:
For the **official xterm.js 6.0.0 tag**, the relevant flow is:
- `CompositionHelper.keydown(ev)` returns `false` for `keyCode === 229` when it is **not composing**. Before returning, it schedules a textarea-value check via `_handleAnyTextareaChanges()`. While composing, it also returns `false` for 229, treating it as a composition key. ([github.com](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/blob/6.0.0/src/browser/input/CompositionHelper.ts))
- **Space (`keyCode === 32`) is not specially handled** in `CompositionHelper.keydown`; it returns `true` there. So an ordinary Space proceeds to the regular keydown handling. ([github.com](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/blob/6.0.0/src/browser/input/CompositionHelper.ts))
- `attachCustomKeyEventHandler` is the public hook for custom keydown handling; it is separate from `CompositionHelper`. If the custom handler returns `false`, xterm suppresses its normal handling. But allowing a `keyCode === 229` event through that hook does **not** by itself bypass `CompositionHelper`’s later 229 check.
**Practical implication:** an IME that reports Space as `keyCode === 229` will take the 229 path, not the normal Space path. The 6.0.0 source schedules textarea-diff processing and returns `false`; it does not recover Space’s identity from `key` or `code`. The source establishes that behavior; what the terminal ultimately emits depends on the subsequent textarea/input events. ([github.com](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/blob/6.0.0/src/browser/input/CompositionHelper.ts))
Sources: [CompositionHelper.ts, tag 6.0.0](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/blob/6.0.0/src/browser/input/CompositionHelper.ts) · [CoreBrowserTerminal.ts, tag 6.0.0](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/blob/6.0.0/src/browser/CoreBrowserTerminal.ts)
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/blob/6.0.0/src/browser/input/CompositionHelper.ts
- 2: https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/blob/6.0.0/src/browser/input/CompositionHelper.ts
- 3: https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/blob/6.0.0/src/browser/input/CompositionHelper.ts
Allow keyCode 229 events to reach xterm.
@xterm/xterm 6.0.0 schedules textarea-change processing for keyCode 229. The current return prevents that path, so IME-produced text may not reach the terminal.
Do not allow every IME event through. In xterm 6.0.0, CompositionHelper.keydown does not synchronously commit an active composition for Space keyCode 32. That event proceeds through normal keydown handling if allowed.
🐛 Suggested fix
--- "a/frontend/app/view/term/termwrap.ts"
+++ "b/frontend/app/view/term/termwrap.ts"
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
keydownHandler?: (e: KeyboardEvent) => boolean
): (e: KeyboardEvent) => boolean {
return (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
if (isImeCompositionEvent(e)) {
- return false;
+ return e.keyCode === 229;
}
if (!keydownHandler) {
return true;
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| if (isImeCompositionEvent(e)) { | |
| return false; | |
| if (isImeCompositionEvent(e)) { | |
| return e.keyCode === 229; |
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Review comment at @frontend/app/view/term/termwrap.ts around lines 79 - 80:
Update the isImeCompositionEvent guard to allow keyCode 229 events through to
xterm while continuing to block other IME composition events, including Space
keyCode 32.
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Resolves #3545.
Root Cause
During Korean IME composition on Windows, pressing Space dispatches a keydown event with isComposing true and keyCode 32. When xterm evaluates this event via its key handler without checking isComposing, CompositionHelper finalizes composition prematurely and xterm emits the space character and prevents default before the browser updates the input buffer. As a result, the space character was sent to the terminal before the composing syllable was committed.
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