Cannot create a UIKeyCommand with command-period

Originator:johnbrayton
Number:rdar://50474232 Date Originated:2019-05-04
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS - UIKit Product Version:iOS 12.2 (16E227)
Classification:Usability Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:

It appears that creating a UIKeyCommand whose input is a period (".") and whose modifierFlags value is UIKeyModifierFlags.command does not work.

I see that keyboard shortcuts whose input is UIKeyCommand.inputEscape gets called if the user presses command-period. I suspect that is related. Using UIKeyCommand.inputEscape could be an acceptable workaround, but if the user holds down the command key to see a list of keyboard shortcuts the shortcut listed is the escape key. That is not helpful to a customer with an Apple iPad keyboard that lacks an escape key.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open the attached sample project.
2. Observe that the view controller adds two key commands that are identical except that one has a keyboard shortcut of command-period and the other has a keyboard shortcut of command-L.
3. Run the attached sample project on an iPad with a hardware keyboard.
4. Hit command-L on the keyboard several times, and see the app log a message to the console indicating that it received the key command.
5. Hit command-period on the keyboard.


Expected Results:

I would expect hitting command-period to call handleKeyCommand, and for that to result in the following written to the console:

got key command -- input: Optional("."), modifierFlags: UIKeyModifierFlags(rawValue: 1048576)


Actual Results:

The handleKeyCommand function is not called. The first time command-period is pressed this is written to the console:

2019-05-04 17:28:35.961626-0400 CommandPeriod[401:33541] [MC] System group container for systemgroup.com.apple.configurationprofiles path is /private/var/containers/Shared/SystemGroup/systemgroup.com.apple.configurationprofiles
2019-05-04 17:28:35.963297-0400 CommandPeriod[401:33541] [MC] Reading from public effective user settings.


Version/Build:

iOS 12.2 (16E227)


Configuration:

I see this on my iPad Air 2 with a Magic Keyboard attached.

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