From 081b6b80531c1b0e7a41dc9ff2341b45ff865d62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bruvzg <7645683+bruvzg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:24:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add ALT NUM+ {hex code} character input support for LineEdit,
 TextEdit and CodeEdit.

---
 scene/gui/code_edit.cpp |  5 +++++
 scene/gui/line_edit.cpp | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 scene/gui/line_edit.h   |  3 +++
 scene/gui/text_edit.cpp | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 scene/gui/text_edit.h   |  4 ++++
 5 files changed, 93 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scene/gui/code_edit.cpp b/scene/gui/code_edit.cpp
index c4fce7ccb84..b2aa4030b70 100644
--- a/scene/gui/code_edit.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/code_edit.cpp
@@ -357,6 +357,11 @@ void CodeEdit::gui_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_gui_input) {
 	}
 
 	Ref<InputEventKey> k = p_gui_input;
+	if (TextEdit::alt_input(p_gui_input)) {
+		accept_event();
+		return;
+	}
+
 	bool update_code_completion = false;
 	if (!k.is_valid()) {
 		TextEdit::gui_input(p_gui_input);
diff --git a/scene/gui/line_edit.cpp b/scene/gui/line_edit.cpp
index e5b58a7cc88..73188d6602b 100644
--- a/scene/gui/line_edit.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/line_edit.cpp
@@ -406,9 +406,45 @@ void LineEdit::gui_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_event) {
 
 	if (k.is_valid()) {
 		if (!k->is_pressed()) {
+			if (alt_start && k->get_keycode() == Key::ALT) {
+				alt_start = false;
+				if ((alt_code > 0x31 && alt_code < 0xd800) || (alt_code > 0xdfff && alt_code <= 0x10ffff)) {
+					char32_t ucodestr[2] = { (char32_t)alt_code, 0 };
+					insert_text_at_caret(ucodestr);
+				}
+				accept_event();
+				return;
+			}
 			return;
 		}
 
+		// Alt+ Unicode input:
+		if (k->is_alt_pressed()) {
+			if (!alt_start) {
+				if (k->get_keycode() == Key::KP_ADD) {
+					alt_start = true;
+					alt_code = 0;
+					accept_event();
+					return;
+				}
+			} else {
+				if (k->get_keycode() >= Key::KEY_0 && k->get_keycode() <= Key::KEY_9) {
+					alt_code = alt_code << 4;
+					alt_code += (uint32_t)(k->get_keycode() - Key::KEY_0);
+				}
+				if (k->get_keycode() >= Key::KP_0 && k->get_keycode() <= Key::KP_9) {
+					alt_code = alt_code << 4;
+					alt_code += (uint32_t)(k->get_keycode() - Key::KP_0);
+				}
+				if (k->get_keycode() >= Key::A && k->get_keycode() <= Key::F) {
+					alt_code = alt_code << 4;
+					alt_code += (uint32_t)(k->get_keycode() - Key::A) + 10;
+				}
+				accept_event();
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (context_menu_enabled) {
 			if (k->is_action("ui_menu", true)) {
 				_ensure_menu();
diff --git a/scene/gui/line_edit.h b/scene/gui/line_edit.h
index 50aa2f44600..0fb178fca4b 100644
--- a/scene/gui/line_edit.h
+++ b/scene/gui/line_edit.h
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ private:
 	bool pass = false;
 	bool text_changed_dirty = false;
 
+	bool alt_start = false;
+	uint32_t alt_code = 0;
+
 	String undo_text;
 	String text;
 	String placeholder;
diff --git a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
index d7a07454de0..315ffbd419e 100644
--- a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
@@ -1557,6 +1557,47 @@ void TextEdit::unhandled_key_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_event) {
 	}
 }
 
+bool TextEdit::alt_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_gui_input) {
+	Ref<InputEventKey> k = p_gui_input;
+	if (k.is_valid()) {
+		if (!k->is_pressed()) {
+			if (alt_start && k->get_keycode() == Key::ALT) {
+				alt_start = false;
+				if ((alt_code > 0x31 && alt_code < 0xd800) || (alt_code > 0xdfff && alt_code <= 0x10ffff)) {
+					handle_unicode_input(alt_code);
+				}
+				return true;
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if (k->is_alt_pressed()) {
+			if (!alt_start) {
+				if (k->get_keycode() == Key::KP_ADD) {
+					alt_start = true;
+					alt_code = 0;
+					return true;
+				}
+			} else {
+				if (k->get_keycode() >= Key::KEY_0 && k->get_keycode() <= Key::KEY_9) {
+					alt_code = alt_code << 4;
+					alt_code += (uint32_t)(k->get_keycode() - Key::KEY_0);
+				}
+				if (k->get_keycode() >= Key::KP_0 && k->get_keycode() <= Key::KP_9) {
+					alt_code = alt_code << 4;
+					alt_code += (uint32_t)(k->get_keycode() - Key::KP_0);
+				}
+				if (k->get_keycode() >= Key::A && k->get_keycode() <= Key::F) {
+					alt_code = alt_code << 4;
+					alt_code += (uint32_t)(k->get_keycode() - Key::A) + 10;
+				}
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 void TextEdit::gui_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_gui_input) {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND(p_gui_input.is_null());
 
@@ -1865,6 +1906,10 @@ void TextEdit::gui_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_gui_input) {
 	Ref<InputEventKey> k = p_gui_input;
 
 	if (k.is_valid()) {
+		if (alt_input(p_gui_input)) {
+			accept_event();
+			return;
+		}
 		if (!k->is_pressed()) {
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/scene/gui/text_edit.h b/scene/gui/text_edit.h
index a0ae9631f90..194cad72d17 100644
--- a/scene/gui/text_edit.h
+++ b/scene/gui/text_edit.h
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ private:
 
 	bool setting_text = false;
 
+	bool alt_start = false;
+	uint32_t alt_code = 0;
+
 	// Text properties.
 	String ime_text = "";
 	Point2 ime_selection;
@@ -625,6 +628,7 @@ public:
 	/* General overrides. */
 	virtual void unhandled_key_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_event) override;
 	virtual void gui_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_gui_input) override;
+	bool alt_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_gui_input);
 	virtual Size2 get_minimum_size() const override;
 	virtual bool is_text_field() const override;
 	virtual CursorShape get_cursor_shape(const Point2 &p_pos = Point2i()) const override;