cmd+shift+] doesn't work

[joshmedeski]

What Operating System(s) are you seeing this problem on?

macOS

Which Wayland compositor or X11 Window manager(s) are you using?

No response

WezTerm version

wezterm 20230712-072601-f4abf8fd

Did you try the latest nightly build to see if the issue is better (or worse!) than your current version?

Yes, and I updated the version box above to show the version of the nightly that I tried

Describe the bug

I'm unable to setup the keybinding cmd+shift+] on macOS.

To Reproduce

I've added the appropriate config.key table entry for configuring the mapping.

Configuration

I've tried the following in the keys section.

		{
			mods = "CMD",
			key = "}",
			action = act.Multiple({
				act.SendKey({ mods = "CTRL", key = "b" }),
				act.SendKey({ key = "n" }),
			}),
		},

I've also tried this:

		{
			mods = "CMD|SHIFT",
			key = "]",
			action = act.Multiple({
				act.SendKey({ mods = "CTRL", key = "b" }),
				act.SendKey({ key = "n" }),
			}),
		},

Expected Behavior

I expect the binding to be honored and run the defined action.

Logs

No response

Anything else?

• I have tried binding to just cmd+] and everything works as expected. It's when I try to bind to } (shift+]) that it does not work.
• In the debug overlay, I can see CMD+] CTRL+SHIFT+] but when I switch it for CMD or HYPER the program never registers the key event.

[kaddkaka]

Have you tried binding it to CTRL+SHIFT+}?

[joshmedeski]

Yes, I've tried every variation I could think of.

[rochacbruno]

I had the same issue today trying to map { + Ctrl

I decided to build wezterm from main branch and it worked

  {
    key = '{',
    mods = 'CTRL | SHIFT | ALT',
    action = wezterm.action.RotatePanes 'Clockwise'
  },
  {
    key = '}',
    mods = 'CTRL | SHIFT | ALT',
    action = wezterm.action.RotatePanes 'CounterClockwise'
  },

[joshmedeski]

I built from source and I had no luck getting the keybinding to work. I tried multiple variations of the configuration.

[joshmedeski]

ALT|SHIFT and CTRL|SHIFT worked, but CMD|SHIFT and SUPER|SHIFT do not.

{
			mods = "ALT|SHIFT",
			key = "}",
			action = act.Multiple({
				act.SendKey({ mods = "CTRL", key = "b" }),
				act.SendKey({ key = "n" }),
			}),
		}

[rochacbruno]

Run wezterm with wezterm --config debug_key_events=true and then see if wez is getting the key combo you are typing

[joshmedeski]

As mentioned previously:

In the debug overlay, I can see CMD+] CTRL+SHIFT+] but when I switch it for CMD or HYPER the program never registers the key event.

Nothing gets shown on the logs when I trigger the keybinding I'm hoping to configure 😢

[wez]

Take a look at:

$ wezterm show-keys --lua | grep TabRelative | grep CMD

I'm on linux at the moment, so it looks a little different for me:

$ wezterm show-keys --lua | grep TabRelative | grep SUPER
    { key = '[', mods = 'SHIFT|SUPER', action = act.ActivateTabRelative(-1) },
    { key = ']', mods = 'SHIFT|SUPER', action = act.ActivateTabRelative(1) },
    { key = '{', mods = 'SUPER', action = act.ActivateTabRelative(-1) },
    { key = '{', mods = 'SHIFT|SUPER', action = act.ActivateTabRelative(-1) },
    { key = '}', mods = 'SUPER', action = act.ActivateTabRelative(1) },
    { key = '}', mods = 'SHIFT|SUPER', action = act.ActivateTabRelative(1) },

I think you need to hit all of those combos otherwise macos will prioritize the menubar shortcut, which happens before wezterm has a chance to process the key combination.

[joshmedeski]

That was it @wez!

I ended up overwriting the app shortcut to something else so I can use CMD+} for tmux.

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