hl.bind -> send_shortcut or send_key_state broken until explicitly dispatched

[masnax]

This is a bit of a weird one. Reproducible both from 0.55.2 and 342f5bd.

After starting Hyprland, if I have a bind defined with multiple modifiers that trigger send_shortcut or send_key_state, like in this example:

hl.bind("SUPER + SHIFT + L", hl.dsp.send_shortcut({mods = "CONTROL", key = "X"}))

-- or alternatively these:
-- hl.bind("SUPER + SHIFT + L", hl.dsp.send_key_state({mods = "CONTROL", key = "X", state = "down" }))
-- hl.bind("SUPER + SHIFT + L", hl.dsp.send_key_state({mods = "CONTROL", key = "X", state = "up" }

Then when I press Super + Shift + L I get the error: ?:?: send_shortcut: key not found

But if I then run the exact same send_shortcut or send_key_state call with hyprctl:

hyprctl dispatch 'hl.dsp.send_shortcut({mods = "CONTROL", key = "X"})'

This executes as expected, and then the defined hl.bind begins working as expected for the remainder of the hyprland session.

[Josse3]

Similar issue here on 0.55.4. I have the following two binds

hl.bind(mainMod .. " + X", function()
  local window = hl.get_active_window()

  if window.class == whatsapp then
    hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.exec_cmd("cat " .. emojipath .. "whatsapp/lol | tr -d '\n' | wl-copy && " .. paste_cmd))
  end
end)
  
hl.bind(mainMod .. " + SHIFT + X", function()
  local window = hl.get_active_window()

  if window.class == whatsapp then
    hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.exec_cmd("cat " .. emojipath .. "whatsapp/rofl | tr -d '\n' | wl-copy && " .. paste_cmd))
  end
    
end)

The first one always works. The second doesn't work unless I use the first one before it once, and then it keeps working unless I deselect the text field. Somehow it has to do with the SHIFT modifier, this temporarily breaks something with send_shortcut.

[masnax]

@Josse3 seems to be on to something with the suspicion that this is connected to shift.

Just tested using the default config with the latest commit (254d6ba as of this comment, no particular relevance) with the following:

hl.bind("SHIFT + A", hl.dsp.send_shortcut({mods = "", key = "B"}))
hl.bind("ALT + B", hl.dsp.send_shortcut({mods = "", key = "C"}))

the first bind (shift + a) triggers a key not found error when executing send_shortcut.
the second (alt + b) prints c as expected.

Then adding a manual send_shortcut call to a nonexistent window like so:

hl.dispatch(hl.dsp.send_shortcut({mods = "", key = "B", window = "address:-1"})) 
hl.bind("SHIFT + A", hl.dsp.send_shortcut({mods = "", key = "B"}))
hl.bind("ALT + B", hl.dsp.send_shortcut({mods = "", key = "C"}))

Makes shift + a print b as intended (no more error), until hyprland is killed and restarted.

Note that adding that hl.dispatch call right in the config file also seems to make hyprland crash on start, likely because it's triggering before hyprland has fully started. But it works fine if it's added to a running hyprland session's config.