From 692399ac4569809e3d30dd73812808a10adb6f9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zeno Rogue <zeno@attnam.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:30:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] when you press e.g. 'b' to enter a text dialog, 'b' is not
 sent to this dialog

---
 control.cpp | 6 +++++-
 dialogs.cpp | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/control.cpp b/control.cpp
index ca1e526c..4ed6d8cc 100644
--- a/control.cpp
+++ b/control.cpp
@@ -1255,6 +1255,7 @@ EX void mainloopiter() {
   if(((SDL_GetMouseState(NULL, NULL) & SDL_BUTTON_MMASK)) && !mouseout2())
     currently_scrolling = true;
 
+  ignore_textinput = false;
   ui_mousex = mousex, ui_mousey = mousey;
   #if SDLVER >= 2
   if(timetowait > 0) {
@@ -1275,6 +1276,8 @@ EX void mainloopiter() {
 EX bool need_refresh;
 EX int ui_mousex, ui_mousey;
 
+EX bool ignore_textinput;
+
 EX void refresh_if_needed() {
   if(!need_refresh) return;
   just_refreshing = 1;
@@ -1427,7 +1430,8 @@ EX void handle_event(SDL_Event& ev) {
     #if SDLVER >= 2
     if(ev.type == SDL_EVENT_TEXT_INPUT) {
       refresh_if_needed();
-      texthandler(ev.text);
+      if(ignore_textinput) ignore_textinput = false;
+      else texthandler(ev.text);
       }
     #endif
 
diff --git a/dialogs.cpp b/dialogs.cpp
index d88f28aa..4660c9fc 100644
--- a/dialogs.cpp
+++ b/dialogs.cpp
@@ -995,10 +995,12 @@ EX namespace dialog {
   EX void handle_actions(int &sym, int &uni) {
     if(key_actions.count(uni)) {
       key_actions[uni]();
+      if(uni >= ' ' && uni <= 127) ignore_textinput = true;
       sym = uni = 0;
       return;
       }
     if(key_actions.count(sym)) {
+      if(sym >= ' ' && sym <= 127) ignore_textinput = true;
       key_actions[sym]();
       sym = uni = 0;
       return;