From 751a60df61526ab71e32838f321ada374b3c1a43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: qappell <164906821+qappell@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 13:00:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] macos: route IME preedit commits through key events

---
 .../Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift        | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
index 272f16e5a..5c497344f 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift	
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift	
@@ -2042,6 +2042,8 @@ extension Ghostty.SurfaceView: NSTextInputClient {
             return
         }
 
+        let hadMarkedText = hasMarkedText()
+
         // If insertText is called, our preedit must be over.
         unmarkText()
 
@@ -2053,6 +2055,13 @@ extension Ghostty.SurfaceView: NSTextInputClient {
             return
         }
 
+        if hadMarkedText, !chars.isEmpty {
+            // Send preedit commits as key events instead of raw text for
+            // keybind interpretation by programs.
+            _ = committedPreeditTextAction(GHOSTTY_ACTION_PRESS, text: chars)
+            return
+        }
+
         surfaceModel.sendText(chars)
     }