Cannot map ctrl+tab to next_tab

[chdsbd]

Hello,

I've been trying to map ctrl+tab to next_tab. Here is my config:

clear_all_shortcuts yes
map ctrl+tab next_tab
map cmd+t new_tab

I'm able to create a new tab with cmd+tab, but ctrl+tab fails to cycle to the next tab.

I think I'm missing some obvious.

[kovidgoyal]

Works for me, remember that if you are on macOS ctrl means the control key on the keyboard. And your keyboard shortcut should not conflict with any globally defined shortcuts/hotkeys.

[chdsbd]

I ran kitty --debug-keyboard and it seems like the ctrl+tab sequence is not being received. Trying with ctrl+i worked.

ctrl+tab is the standard way to change tabs on macOS, so maybe it's not being handled somewhere in the interface between kitty and macOS.

Did you test ctrl+tab on macOS? I've tried this on 10.13 and 10.12 with no success.

UPDATE:

Here is a post talking about this edge case https://www.chromium.org/developers/os-x-keyboard-handling

UPDATE 2: Do you think this is a bug with GLFW?

[kovidgoyal]

Ah macOS -- yeah you are out of luck there. Apple's control freakyness means there is no good way to handle keys Apple has decided should belong to cocoa without jumping through a ton of hoops. Not being a cocoa developer, I have no clue what those hoops might be. But, patches are welcome.

[kovidgoyal]

See for example https://github.com/aseprite/aseprite/blob/4acf12a47890e506999218e9e9aab77033e8d2ba/src/she/osx/event_queue.mm#L38

[chdsbd]

Thanks for the quick response and fix!