From 01f2e4463efa964ae4b87914cbe5da99719313fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Levi Neely <141506390+lneely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 21:47:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Re-composite dialog after each event in modal loop

After WMHandleEvent processes a key press, the text field repaints
into its backing image. The modal loop now re-composites the view tree
and commits to the scene graph so changes are visible immediately.
---
 WINGs/widgets.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/WINGs/widgets.c b/WINGs/widgets.c
index 13bd4db..d06fa37 100644
--- a/WINGs/widgets.c
+++ b/WINGs/widgets.c
@@ -1172,6 +1172,16 @@ void WMRunModalLoop(WMScreen * scr, WMView * view)
 
 		WMNextEvent(scr, &event);
 		WMHandleEvent(&event);
+
+		/* Wayland: re-composite and commit after each event */
+		if (!scr->display) {
+			const W_ViewBackend *vb = scr->viewBackend;
+			W_View *top = view;
+			while (top->parent && !top->flags.topLevel)
+				top = top->parent;
+			vb->redisplay(scr->viewBackendCtx, top);
+			vb->map_subviews(scr->viewBackendCtx, top);
+		}
 	}
 
 	scr->modalView = oldModalView;