Fix a regression in the previous release that caused multi-key sequences to not abort when pressing an unknown key

Fixes #7022

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - macOS: Fix a regression in the previous release that broke overriding keyboard shortcuts for actions present in the global menu bar (:iss:`7016`)
 
+- Fix a regression in the previous release that caused multi-key sequences to not abort when pressing an unknown key (:iss:`7022`)
+
 0.32.0 [2024-01-19]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

kitty/boss.py

@@ -1371,6 +1371,12 @@ def dispatch_possible_special_key(self, ev: KeyEvent) -> bool:
             if self.global_shortcuts_map and get_shortcut(self.global_shortcuts_map, ev):
                 return True
             if not is_root_mode:
+                if mode.sequence_keys is not None:
+                    self.pop_keyboard_mode()
+                    w = self.active_window
+                    if w is not None:
+                        w.send_key_sequence(*mode.sequence_keys)
+                    return False
                 if mode.on_unknown in ('beep', 'ignore'):
                     if mode.on_unknown == 'beep' and get_options().enable_audio_bell:
                         ring_bell()
@@ -1386,16 +1392,17 @@ def dispatch_possible_special_key(self, ev: KeyEvent) -> bool:
             if final_actions:
                 mode_pos = len(self.keyboard_mode_stack) - 1
                 if final_actions[0].is_sequence:
-                    if not mode.is_sequence:
+                    if mode.sequence_keys is None:
                         sm = KeyboardMode('__sequence__')
                         sm.on_action = 'end'
-                        sm.is_sequence = True
+                        sm.sequence_keys = [ev]
                         for fa in final_actions:
                             sm.keymap[fa.rest[0]].append(fa.shift_sequence_and_copy())
                         self._push_keyboard_mode(sm)
                         if self.args.debug_keyboard:
                             print('\n\x1b[35mKeyPress\x1b[m matched sequence prefix, ', end='', flush=True)
                     else:
+                        mode.sequence_keys.append(ev)
                         if len(final_actions) == 1:
                             self.pop_keyboard_mode()
                             return self.combine(final_actions[0].definition)

kitty/options/utils.py

@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ class KeyboardMode:
 
     on_unknown: OnUnknown = get_args(OnUnknown)[0]
     on_action : OnAction = get_args(OnAction)[0]
-    is_sequence: bool = False
+    sequence_keys: Optional[List[defines.KeyEvent]] = None
 
     def __init__(self, name: str = '') -> None:
         self.name = name

kitty/window.py

@@ -913,6 +913,17 @@ def send_key(self, *args: str) -> bool:
                 passthrough = False
         return passthrough
 
+    def send_key_sequence(self, *keys: KeyEvent, synthesize_release_events: bool = True) -> None:
+        for key in keys:
+            enc = self.encoded_key(key)
+            if enc:
+                self.write_to_child(enc)
+            if synthesize_release_events and key.action != GLFW_RELEASE:
+                rkey = KeyEvent(key=key.key, mods=key.mods, action=GLFW_RELEASE)
+                enc = self.encoded_key(rkey)
+                if enc:
+                    self.write_to_child(enc)
+
     @ac('debug', 'Show a dump of the current lines in the scrollback + screen with their line attributes')
     def dump_lines_with_attrs(self) -> None:
         strings: List[str] = []