entering text as key codes

app/scripts/auto-type/auto-type-emitter.js

@@ -74,11 +74,17 @@ class AutoTypeEmitter {
     }
 
     setMod(mod, enabled) {
-        // TODO: press the modifier
+        const nativeMod = ModMap[mod];
+        if (!nativeMod) {
+            return this.callback(`Bad modifier: ${mod}`);
+        }
+        NativeModules.kbdKeyMoveWithModifier(!!enabled, [nativeMod]).catch((e) => {
+            logger.error('Error moving modifier', mod, enabled ? 'down' : 'up', e);
+        });
         if (enabled) {
-            this.mod[ModMap[mod]] = true;
+            this.mod[nativeMod] = true;
         } else {
-            delete this.mod[ModMap[mod]];
+            delete this.mod[nativeMod];
         }
     }
 
@@ -86,9 +92,9 @@ class AutoTypeEmitter {
         if (!str) {
             return this.withCallback(Promise.resolve());
         }
-        const mod = Object.keys(this.mod);
-        if (mod.length) {
-            // TODO
+        const mods = Object.keys(this.mod);
+        if (mods.length) {
+            this.withCallback(NativeModules.kbdTextAsKeys(str, mods));
         } else {
             this.withCallback(NativeModules.kbdText(str));
         }

app/scripts/comp/launcher/native-modules.js

@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ if (Launcher) {
             return this.call('kbdText', str);
         },
 
+        kbdTextAsKeys(str, mods) {
+            return this.call('kbdTextAsKeys', str, mods);
+        },
+
         kbdKeyPress(code, modifiers) {
             return this.call('kbdKeyPress', code, modifiers);
         },
@@ -238,13 +242,9 @@ if (Launcher) {
             return this.call('kbdShortcut', code, modifiers);
         },
 
-        // kbdKeyMoveWithCode(down, code, modifiers) {
-        //     return this.call('kbdKeyMoveWithCode', down, code, modifiers);
-        // },
-        //
-        // kbdKeyMoveWithModifier(down, modifiers) {
-        //     return this.call('kbdKeyMoveWithModifier', down, modifiers);
-        // },
+        kbdKeyMoveWithModifier(down, modifiers) {
+            return this.call('kbdKeyMoveWithModifier', down, modifiers);
+        },
 
         kbdKeyPressWithCharacter(character, code, modifiers) {
             return this.call('kbdKeyPressWithCharacter', character, code, modifiers);

desktop/native-module-host.js

@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ const messageHandlers = {
         return getAutoType().text(str);
     },
 
+    kbdTextAsKeys(str, mods) {
+        return kbdTextAsKeys(str, mods);
+    },
+
     kbdKeyPress(code, modifiers) {
         return getAutoType().keyPress(kbdKeyCode(code), kbdModifier(modifiers));
     },
@@ -127,10 +131,6 @@ const messageHandlers = {
         return getAutoType().shortcut(kbdKeyCode(code));
     },
 
-    kbdKeyMoveWithCode(down, code, modifiers) {
-        return getAutoType().keyMoveWithCode(down, kbdKeyCode(code), kbdModifier(modifiers));
-    },
-
     kbdKeyMoveWithModifier(down, modifiers) {
         return getAutoType().keyMoveWithModifier(down, kbdModifier(modifiers));
     },
@@ -209,6 +209,30 @@ function kbdModifier(modifiers) {
     return modifier;
 }
 
+function kbdTextAsKeys(str, modifiers) {
+    const typer = getAutoType();
+    const modifier = kbdModifier(modifiers);
+    let ix = 0;
+    for (const kc of typer.osKeyCodesForChars(str)) {
+        const char = str[ix++];
+        let effectiveModifier = modifier;
+        if (kc?.modifier) {
+            typer.keyMoveWithModifier(true, kc.modifier);
+            effectiveModifier |= kc.modifier;
+        }
+        if (kc) {
+            typer.keyMoveWithCharacter(true, null, kc.code, effectiveModifier);
+            typer.keyMoveWithCharacter(false, null, kc.code, effectiveModifier);
+        } else {
+            typer.keyMoveWithCharacter(true, char, null, effectiveModifier);
+            typer.keyMoveWithCharacter(false, char, null, effectiveModifier);
+        }
+        if (kc?.modifier) {
+            typer.keyMoveWithModifier(false, kc.modifier);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 function startListener() {
     process.on('message', ({ callId, cmd, args }) => {
         Promise.resolve()

package-lock.json

@@ -1982,8 +1982,8 @@
       }
     },
     "@keeweb/keeweb-native-modules": {
-      "version": "https://github.com/keeweb/keeweb-native-modules/releases/download/0.7.7/keeweb-native-modules.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-rIe5RAFSIW6kHZ2dsf3w5M+7OJxgG6lKMrYxd2nbV+4VJvKK1+Fu14X3jBwoMlSEkqeuyF+GXb78isu6X0hxIQ=="
+      "version": "https://github.com/keeweb/keeweb-native-modules/releases/download/0.7.9/keeweb-native-modules.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xKcm1X89LHQT7JzaYfUW4jIdA0pYREZQ0JDw8ORfIKPhifJF8j7q5xs9Iwu3yEJv7pFNfQIkLRh6pJL80aTkkA=="
     },
     "@sindresorhus/is": {
       "version": "0.14.0",

package.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         "@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining": "^7.12.7",
         "@babel/preset-env": "^7.12.7",
         "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "^5.15.1",
-        "@keeweb/keeweb-native-modules": "https://github.com/keeweb/keeweb-native-modules/releases/download/0.7.7/keeweb-native-modules.tgz",
+        "@keeweb/keeweb-native-modules": "https://github.com/keeweb/keeweb-native-modules/releases/download/0.7.9/keeweb-native-modules.tgz",
         "adm-zip": "^0.5.1",
         "argon2-browser": "1.15.2",
         "autoprefixer": "^10.0.4",