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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions lib/pynput/keyboard/_darwin.py
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Expand Up @@ -347,6 +347,17 @@ def _event_to_key(self, event):
if key in self._SPECIAL_KEYS:
return self._SPECIAL_KEYS[key]

flags = Quartz.CGEventGetFlags(event)

shift_down = bool(flags & Quartz.kCGEventFlagMaskShift)
ctrl_down = bool(flags & Quartz.kCGEventFlagMaskControl)
option_down = bool(flags & Quartz.kCGEventFlagMaskAlternate)
cmd_down = bool(flags & Quartz.kCGEventFlagMaskCommand)

# ...checking for non-unicode chars pressed to get raw char pressed...
if option_down and any([shift_down, ctrl_down, cmd_down]):
return KeyCode.from_char(SYMBOLS[vk], vk=vk)

# ...then try characters...
length, chars = CGEventKeyboardGetUnicodeString(event, 100, None, None)
try:
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