From 6284e1298791e4590d0534adc035d0639d779e25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jody Klymak <jklymak@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:41:17 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] ENH/MacOS Allow shift modifiers to key events

---
 src/_macosx.m | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/_macosx.m b/src/_macosx.m
index df42a5c099a9..50556c017b49 100644
--- a/src/_macosx.m
+++ b/src/_macosx.m
@@ -2608,8 +2608,11 @@ - (const char*)convertKeyEvent:(NSEvent*)event
 
     unichar uc = [[event charactersIgnoringModifiers] characterAtIndex:0];
     NSString* specialchar = [specialkeymappings objectForKey:[NSNumber numberWithUnsignedLong:uc]];
-    if (specialchar)
+    if (specialchar){
+        if ([event modifierFlags] & NSShiftKeyMask)
+            [returnkey appendString:@"shift+" ];
         [returnkey appendString:specialchar];
+    }
     else
         [returnkey appendString:[event charactersIgnoringModifiers]];