macos: handle overridden system bindings with no focused window

include/ghostty.h

@@ -686,6 +686,7 @@ void ghostty_app_tick(ghostty_app_t);
 void* ghostty_app_userdata(ghostty_app_t);
 void ghostty_app_set_focus(ghostty_app_t, bool);
 bool ghostty_app_key(ghostty_app_t, ghostty_input_key_s);
+bool ghostty_app_key_is_binding(ghostty_app_t, ghostty_input_key_s);
 void ghostty_app_keyboard_changed(ghostty_app_t);
 void ghostty_app_open_config(ghostty_app_t);
 void ghostty_app_update_config(ghostty_app_t, ghostty_config_t);

macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift

@@ -425,6 +425,15 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
         // because we let it capture and propagate.
         guard NSApp.mainWindow == nil else { return event }
 
+        // If this event as-is would result in a key binding then we send it.
+        if let app = ghostty.app,
+           ghostty_app_key_is_binding(
+              app,
+              event.ghosttyKeyEvent(GHOSTTY_ACTION_PRESS)) {
+            ghostty_app_key(app, event.ghosttyKeyEvent(GHOSTTY_ACTION_PRESS))
+            return nil
+        }
+
         // If this event would be handled by our menu then we do nothing.
         if let mainMenu = NSApp.mainMenu,
            mainMenu.performKeyEquivalent(with: event) {

src/App.zig

@@ -313,6 +313,25 @@ pub fn focusEvent(self: *App, focused: bool) void {
     self.focused = focused;
 }
 
+/// Returns true if the given key event would trigger a keybinding
+/// if it were to be processed. This is useful for determining if
+/// a key event should be sent to the terminal or not.
+pub fn keyEventIsBinding(
+    self: *App,
+    rt_app: *apprt.App,
+    event: input.KeyEvent,
+) bool {
+    _ = self;
+
+    switch (event.action) {
+        .release => return false,
+        .press, .repeat => {},
+    }
+
+    // If we have a keybinding for this event then we return true.
+    return rt_app.config.keybind.set.getEvent(event) != null;
+}
+
 /// Handle a key event at the app-scope. If this key event is used,
 /// this will return true and the caller shouldn't continue processing
 /// the event. If the event is not used, this will return false.

src/apprt/embedded.zig

@@ -1386,6 +1386,28 @@ pub const CAPI = struct {
         };
     }
 
+    /// Returns true if the given key event would trigger a binding
+    /// if it were sent to the surface right now. The "right now"
+    /// is important because things like trigger sequences are only
+    /// valid until the next key event.
+    export fn ghostty_app_key_is_binding(
+        app: *App,
+        event: KeyEvent,
+    ) bool {
+        const core_event = app.coreKeyEvent(
+            .app,
+            event.keyEvent(),
+        ) catch |err| {
+            log.warn("error processing key event err={}", .{err});
+            return false;
+        } orelse {
+            log.warn("error processing key event", .{});
+            return false;
+        };
+
+        return app.core_app.keyEventIsBinding(app, core_event);
+    }
+
     /// Notify the app that the keyboard was changed. This causes the
     /// keyboard layout to be reloaded from the OS.
     export fn ghostty_app_keyboard_changed(v: *App) void {