From 7a44cf0db0939351818bb4bd598116ec5fdd02ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mario Zechner <badlogicgames@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 00:57:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(tui): matchesKey now matches Kitty sequences for
 unmodified letter keys

Needed for key release events which come as CSI sequences even for plain letters.
---
 packages/tui/src/keys.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/tui/src/keys.ts b/packages/tui/src/keys.ts
index fcba53da..b013da36 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/keys.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/src/keys.ts
@@ -644,7 +644,8 @@ export function matchesKey(data: string, keyId: KeyId): boolean {
 			return matchesKittySequence(data, codepoint, modifier);
 		}
 
-		return data === key;
+		// Check both raw char and Kitty sequence (needed for release events)
+		return data === key || matchesKittySequence(data, codepoint, 0);
 	}
 
 	return false;