macos: input intent

macos/Ghostty.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
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 		A5E408452E0483FD0035FEAC /* KeybindIntent.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = A5E408442E0483F80035FEAC /* KeybindIntent.swift */; };
+		A5E408472E04852B0035FEAC /* InputIntent.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = A5E408462E0485270035FEAC /* InputIntent.swift */; };
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@@ -258,6 +259,7 @@
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 		A5E408422E047D060035FEAC /* CommandPaletteIntent.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = CommandPaletteIntent.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		A5E408442E0483F80035FEAC /* KeybindIntent.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = KeybindIntent.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		A5E408462E0485270035FEAC /* InputIntent.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = InputIntent.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
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@@ -626,6 +628,7 @@
 				A5E4082D2E0237410035FEAC /* NewTerminalIntent.swift */,
 				A5E408332E03200F0035FEAC /* GetTerminalDetailsIntent.swift */,
 				A5E408422E047D060035FEAC /* CommandPaletteIntent.swift */,
+				A5E408462E0485270035FEAC /* InputIntent.swift */,
 				A5E408442E0483F80035FEAC /* KeybindIntent.swift */,
 				A5E4082F2E0271320035FEAC /* GhosttyIntentError.swift */,
 			);
@@ -819,6 +822,7 @@
 				A5B4EA852DFE691B0022C3A2 /* NSMenuItem+Extension.swift in Sources */,
 				A5874D992DAD751B00E83852 /* CGS.swift in Sources */,
 				A586366B2DF0A98C00E04A10 /* Array+Extension.swift in Sources */,
+				A5E408472E04852B0035FEAC /* InputIntent.swift in Sources */,
 				A51544FE2DFB111C009E85D8 /* TitlebarTabsTahoeTerminalWindow.swift in Sources */,
 				A59444F729A2ED5200725BBA /* SettingsView.swift in Sources */,
 				A56D58862ACDDB4100508D2C /* Ghostty.Shell.swift in Sources */,

macos/Sources/Features/App Intents/InputIntent.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import AppKit
+import AppIntents
+
+/// App intent to input text in a terminal.
+struct InputTextIntent: AppIntent {
+    static var title: LocalizedStringResource = "Input Text to Terminal"
+
+    @Parameter(
+        title: "Text",
+        description: "The text to input to the terminal. The text will be inputted as if it was pasted.",
+        inputOptions: String.IntentInputOptions(
+            capitalizationType: .none,
+            multiline: true,
+            autocorrect: false,
+            smartQuotes: false,
+            smartDashes: false
+        )
+    )
+    var text: String
+
+    @Parameter(
+        title: "Terminal",
+        description: "The terminal to scope this action to."
+    )
+    var terminal: TerminalEntity
+
+    @available(macOS 26.0, *)
+    static var supportedModes: IntentModes = [.background, .foreground]
+
+    @MainActor
+    func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult {
+        guard let surface = terminal.surfaceModel else {
+            throw GhosttyIntentError.surfaceNotFound
+        }
+
+        surface.sendText(text)
+        return .result()
+    }
+}
+
+/// App intent to trigger a keyboard event.
+struct KeyEventIntent: AppIntent {
+    static var title: LocalizedStringResource = "Send Keyboard Event to Terminal"
+    static var description = IntentDescription("Simulate a keyboard event. This will not handle text encoding; use the 'Input Text' action for that.")
+
+    @Parameter(
+        title: "Text",
+        description: "The key to send to the terminal."
+    )
+    var key: KeyIntentKey
+
+    @Parameter(
+        title: "Terminal",
+        description: "The terminal to scope this action to."
+    )
+    var terminal: TerminalEntity
+
+    @available(macOS 26.0, *)
+    static var supportedModes: IntentModes = [.background, .foreground]
+
+    @MainActor
+    func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult {
+        guard let surface = terminal.surfaceModel else {
+            throw GhosttyIntentError.surfaceNotFound
+        }
+
+        surface.sendText(text)
+        return .result()
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: TerminalDetail
+
+enum KeyIntentKey: String {
+    case title
+    case workingDirectory
+    case allContents
+    case selectedText
+    case visibleText
+}
+
+extension KeyIntentKey: AppEnum {
+    static var typeDisplayRepresentation = TypeDisplayRepresentation(name: "Terminal Detail")
+
+    static var caseDisplayRepresentations: [Self: DisplayRepresentation] = [
+        .title: .init(title: "Title"),
+        .workingDirectory: .init(title: "Working Directory"),
+        .allContents: .init(title: "Full Contents"),
+        .selectedText: .init(title: "Selected Text"),
+        .visibleText: .init(title: "Visible Text"),
+    ]
+}

macos/Sources/Features/App Intents/KeybindIntent.swift

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import AppKit
 import AppIntents
 
-/// App intent that invokes a command palette entry.
 struct KeybindIntent: AppIntent {
     static var title: LocalizedStringResource = "Invoke a Keybind Action"
 
     @Parameter(
         title: "Terminal",
-        description: "The terminal to base available commands from."
+        description: "The terminal to invoke the action on."
     )
     var terminal: TerminalEntity
 

macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.Input.swift

@@ -208,4 +208,15 @@ extension Ghostty {
         0x43: GHOSTTY_KEY_NUMPAD_MULTIPLY,
         0x4E: GHOSTTY_KEY_NUMPAD_SUBTRACT,
     ];
+
+    /// `ghostty_input_key_e`
+    enum Key: String {
+        case undentified
+
+        var cKey: ghostty_input_key_e {
+            switch self {
+            case .undentified: GHOSTTY_KEY_UNIDENTIFIED
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }

macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.Surface.swift

@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ extension Ghostty {
             }
         }
 
+        /// Send text to the terminal as if it was typed. This doesn't send the key events so keyboard
+        /// shortcuts and other encodings do not take effect.
+        @MainActor
+        func sendText(_ text: String) {
+            let len = text.utf8CString.count
+            if (len == 0) { return }
+
+            text.withCString { ptr in
+                // len includes the null terminator so we do len - 1
+                ghostty_surface_text(surface, ptr, UInt(len - 1))
+            }
+        }
+
         /// Perform a keybinding action.
         ///
         /// The action can be any valid keybind parameter. e.g. `keybind = goto_tab:4`

macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift

@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ extension Ghostty.SurfaceView: NSTextInputClient {
     func insertText(_ string: Any, replacementRange: NSRange) {
         // We must have an associated event
         guard NSApp.currentEvent != nil else { return }
-        guard let surface = self.surface else { return }
+        guard let surfaceModel else { return }
 
         // We want the string view of the any value
         var chars = ""
@@ -1724,13 +1724,7 @@ extension Ghostty.SurfaceView: NSTextInputClient {
             return
         }
 
-        let len = chars.utf8CString.count
+        surfaceModel.sendText(chars)
-        if (len == 0) { return }
-
-        chars.withCString { ptr in
-            // len includes the null terminator so we do len - 1
-            ghostty_surface_text(surface, ptr, UInt(len - 1))
-        }
     }
 
     /// This function needs to exist for two reasons: