From b378ac59d30e67fa5323cf5f39326f4dd517a548 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien Wadel <julien.wadel@belledonne-communications.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 21:10:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix/Feature : allow accent menu to appear (on Mac) by
 removing the repeating key when holding it

---
 .../modules/Common/Form/DroppableTextArea.qml | 23 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/linphone-app/ui/modules/Common/Form/DroppableTextArea.qml b/linphone-app/ui/modules/Common/Form/DroppableTextArea.qml
index 173e5a5d6..99d397d0d 100644
--- a/linphone-app/ui/modules/Common/Form/DroppableTextArea.qml
+++ b/linphone-app/ui/modules/Common/Form/DroppableTextArea.qml
@@ -77,13 +77,24 @@ Item {
 
       Component.onCompleted: forceActiveFocus()
 
+      property var isAutoRepeating : false // shutdown repeating key feature to let optional menu appears and do normal stuff (like accents menu)
+      Keys.onReleased: {
+          if(isAutoRepeating){// In a repeat session, we don't print the key
+              isAutoRepeating = false
+              if(event.text !== '')// Remove the previous character
+                  textArea.remove(textArea.text.length-1, textArea.text.length)
+          }
+      }
       Keys.onPressed: {
-        if (event.matches(StandardKey.InsertLineSeparator)) {
-          insert(cursorPosition, '')
-        } else if (event.key === Qt.Key_Return || event.key === Qt.Key_Enter) {
-          handleValidation()
-          event.accepted = true
-        }
+          if(event.isAutoRepeat){
+              isAutoRepeating = true
+              event.accepted = true
+          }else if (event.matches(StandardKey.InsertLineSeparator)) {
+             insert(cursorPosition, '')
+          } else if (event.key === Qt.Key_Return || event.key === Qt.Key_Enter) {
+            handleValidation()
+            event.accepted = true
+          }
       }
     }
   }