From afc6f0b7eba2db5e22532f7c88c609adaec27676 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Imms <2193314+Tyriar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 09:00:08 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix caps not working in win32InputMode

Part of #2357
---
 src/browser/CoreBrowserTerminal.ts | 4 ++--
 src/browser/services/Services.ts   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/browser/CoreBrowserTerminal.ts b/src/browser/CoreBrowserTerminal.ts
index dca090f673..c26e670515 100644
--- a/src/browser/CoreBrowserTerminal.ts
+++ b/src/browser/CoreBrowserTerminal.ts
@@ -1113,8 +1113,8 @@ export class CoreBrowserTerminal extends CoreTerminal implements ITerminal {
 
     // HACK: Process A-Z in the keypress event to fix an issue with macOS IMEs where lower case
     // letters cannot be input while caps lock is on. Skip this hack when using kitty protocol
-    // as it needs to send proper CSI u sequences for all key events.
-    if (!this._keyboardService.useKitty && event.key && !event.ctrlKey && !event.altKey && !event.metaKey && event.key.length === 1) {
+    // or Win32 input mode as they need to send proper sequences for all key events.
+    if (!this._keyboardService.useKitty && !this._keyboardService.useWin32InputMode && event.key && !event.ctrlKey && !event.altKey && !event.metaKey && event.key.length === 1) {
       if (event.key.charCodeAt(0) >= 65 && event.key.charCodeAt(0) <= 90) {
         return true;
       }
diff --git a/src/browser/services/Services.ts b/src/browser/services/Services.ts
index cac62915aa..535afa6468 100644
--- a/src/browser/services/Services.ts
+++ b/src/browser/services/Services.ts
@@ -163,4 +163,5 @@ export interface IKeyboardService {
   evaluateKeyDown(event: KeyboardEvent): IKeyboardResult;
   evaluateKeyUp(event: KeyboardEvent): IKeyboardResult | undefined;
   readonly useKitty: boolean;
+  readonly useWin32InputMode: boolean;
 }

From a1fca4feb8fc507548f0399bee230a57e55058cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Imms <2193314+Tyriar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 09:02:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix ctrl+letter when inside pwsh->WSL

---
 src/common/input/Win32InputMode.test.ts |  9 +++++++++
 src/common/input/Win32InputMode.ts      | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/common/input/Win32InputMode.test.ts b/src/common/input/Win32InputMode.test.ts
index b3b72e6f20..3381a29145 100644
--- a/src/common/input/Win32InputMode.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/input/Win32InputMode.test.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ describe('Win32InputMode', () => {
       it('symbol', () => test({ code: 'Digit4', key: '$', keyCode: 52, shiftKey: true }, true, p => assert.strictEqual(p!.uc, 36)));
     });
 
+    describe('ctrl+letter control characters', () => {
+      it('Ctrl+A produces 0x01', () => test({ code: 'KeyA', key: 'a', keyCode: 65, ctrlKey: true }, true, p => assert.strictEqual(p!.uc, 0x01)));
+      it('Ctrl+C produces 0x03 (ETX)', () => test({ code: 'KeyC', key: 'c', keyCode: 67, ctrlKey: true }, true, p => assert.strictEqual(p!.uc, 0x03)));
+      it('Ctrl+Z produces 0x1A', () => test({ code: 'KeyZ', key: 'z', keyCode: 90, ctrlKey: true }, true, p => assert.strictEqual(p!.uc, 0x1A)));
+      it('Ctrl+Shift+A (uppercase) produces 0x01', () => test({ code: 'KeyA', key: 'A', keyCode: 65, ctrlKey: true, shiftKey: true }, true, p => assert.strictEqual(p!.uc, 0x01)));
+      it('Ctrl+Shift+C (uppercase) produces 0x03', () => test({ code: 'KeyC', key: 'C', keyCode: 67, ctrlKey: true, shiftKey: true }, true, p => assert.strictEqual(p!.uc, 0x03)));
+      it('Ctrl+Alt+C does not produce control char', () => test({ code: 'KeyC', key: 'c', keyCode: 67, ctrlKey: true, altKey: true }, true, p => assert.strictEqual(p!.uc, 99)));
+    });
+
     describe('scan codes', () => {
       it('letter A', () => test({ code: 'KeyA', key: 'a', keyCode: 65 }, true, p => assert.strictEqual(p!.sc, 0x1E)));
       it('Escape', () => test({ code: 'Escape', key: 'Escape', keyCode: 27 }, true, p => assert.strictEqual(p!.sc, 0x01)));
diff --git a/src/common/input/Win32InputMode.ts b/src/common/input/Win32InputMode.ts
index c1c88cf268..f446e6b55c 100644
--- a/src/common/input/Win32InputMode.ts
+++ b/src/common/input/Win32InputMode.ts
@@ -186,7 +186,20 @@ function getScanCode(ev: IKeyboardEvent): number {
 function getUnicodeChar(ev: IKeyboardEvent): number {
   // Only single-character keys produce unicode output
   if (ev.key.length === 1) {
-    return ev.key.codePointAt(0) || 0;
+    const codePoint = ev.key.codePointAt(0) || 0;
+
+    // Handle Ctrl+letter combinations - these produce control characters (0x01-0x1A)
+    if (ev.ctrlKey && !ev.altKey && !ev.metaKey) {
+      // Convert A-Z or a-z to control character (Ctrl+A = 0x01, Ctrl+C = 0x03, etc.)
+      if (codePoint >= 0x41 && codePoint <= 0x5A) { // A-Z
+        return codePoint - 0x40;
+      }
+      if (codePoint >= 0x61 && codePoint <= 0x7A) { // a-z
+        return codePoint - 0x60;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return codePoint;
   }
   return 0;
 }