From 0968a10fc165984080799551124a96adf6be1fb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hojjat <hojjat.abdollahi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:23:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: arrow keys in text editor on a layer_surface

---
 winit/src/platform_specific/wayland/sctk_event.rs | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/winit/src/platform_specific/wayland/sctk_event.rs b/winit/src/platform_specific/wayland/sctk_event.rs
index 8e771f60..b96f1765 100755
--- a/winit/src/platform_specific/wayland/sctk_event.rs
+++ b/winit/src/platform_specific/wayland/sctk_event.rs
@@ -627,7 +627,12 @@ impl SctkEvent {
                             keyboard::Event::KeyPressed {
                                 key: key.clone(),
                                 location: location,
-                                text: ke.utf8.map(|s| s.into()),
+                                // sctk reports keys without a text representation (e.g. arrows, Home) as
+                                // Some("") but winit reports None. Widgets are written against winit's contract.
+                                text: ke
+                                    .utf8
+                                    .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+                                    .map(|s| s.into()),
                                 modifiers: modifiers_to_native(*modifiers),
                                 physical_key,
                                 repeat: false,
@@ -653,7 +658,9 @@ impl SctkEvent {
                             keyboard::Event::KeyPressed {
                                 key: key.clone(),
                                 location: location,
-                                text: utf8.map(|s| s.into()),
+                                text: utf8
+                                    .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+                                    .map(|s| s.into()),
                                 modifiers: modifiers_to_native(*modifiers),
                                 physical_key,
                                 repeat: true,