Function getNativeBeforeInputChars

code/composition/public/app.js:3472–3516

* @param {TopLevelTypes} topLevelType Record from `BrowserEventConstants`. * @param {object} nativeEvent Native browser event. * @return {?string} The string corresponding to this `beforeInput` event.

(topLevelType, nativeEvent)

 * @return {?string} The string corresponding to this `beforeInput` event.
 */
function getNativeBeforeInputChars(topLevelType, nativeEvent) {
  switch (topLevelType) {
    case 'topCompositionEnd':
      return getDataFromCustomEvent(nativeEvent);
    case 'topKeyPress':
      /**
       * If native `textInput` events are available, our goal is to make
       * use of them. However, there is a special case: the spacebar key.
       * In Webkit, preventing default on a spacebar `textInput` event
       * cancels character insertion, but it *also* causes the browser
       * to fall back to its default spacebar behavior of scrolling the
       * page.
       *
       * Tracking at:
       * https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=355103
       *
       * To avoid this issue, use the keypress event as if no `textInput`
       * event is available.
       */
      var which = nativeEvent.which;
      if (which !== SPACEBAR_CODE) {
        return null;
      }

      hasSpaceKeypress = true;
      return SPACEBAR_CHAR;

    case 'topTextInput':
      // Record the characters to be added to the DOM.
      var chars = nativeEvent.data;

      // If it's a spacebar character, assume that we have already handled
      // it at the keypress level and bail immediately. Android Chrome
      // doesn't give us keycodes, so we need to blacklist it.
      if (chars === SPACEBAR_CHAR && hasSpaceKeypress) {
        return null;
      }

      return chars;

    default:
      // For other native event types, do nothing.
      return null;
  }
}

/**
 * For browsers that do not provide the `textInput` event, extract the