ui/sdl2: disable SDL_HINT_GRAB_KEYBOARD on Windows

Windows sends an extra left control key up/down input event for
every right alt key up/down input event for keyboards with
international layout. Since commit 830473455f ("ui/sdl2: fix
handling of AltGr key on Windows") QEMU uses a Windows low level
keyboard hook procedure to reliably filter out the special left
control key and to grab the keyboard on Windows.

The SDL2 version 2.0.16 introduced its own Windows low level
keyboard hook procedure to grab the keyboard. Windows calls this
callback before the QEMU keyboard hook procedure. This disables
the special left control key filter when the keyboard is grabbed.

To fix the problem, disable the SDL2 Windows low level keyboard
hook procedure.

Reported-by: Bernhard Beschow <shentey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Volker Rümelin <vr_qemu@t-online.de>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Bernhard Beschow <shentey@gmail.com>
Message-Id: <20230418062823.5683-1-vr_qemu@t-online.de>

diff --git a/ui/sdl2.c b/ui/sdl2.c
index 00aadfa..9d70320 100644 (file)
--- a/ui/sdl2.c
+++ b/ui/sdl2.c
@@ -855,7 +855,10 @@ static void sdl2_display_init(DisplayState *ds, DisplayOptions *o)
 #ifdef SDL_HINT_VIDEO_X11_NET_WM_BYPASS_COMPOSITOR /* only available since SDL 2.0.8 */
     SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_X11_NET_WM_BYPASS_COMPOSITOR, "0");
 #endif
+#ifndef CONFIG_WIN32
+    /* QEMU uses its own low level keyboard hook procecure on Windows */
     SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_GRAB_KEYBOARD, "1");
+#endif
 #ifdef SDL_HINT_ALLOW_ALT_TAB_WHILE_GRABBED
     SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_ALLOW_ALT_TAB_WHILE_GRABBED, "0");
 #endif