CGEventPost - possible bug when simulating keyboard events?

Question

I have a very simple chunk of code that is designed to simulate keyboard events. The simple example below should type \"Cz\" - the shift key goes down, the c key goes down,

Answer 1

The cleanest way for this is bitwise OR'ing the current modifier flags with the flag of your desired modifier(s) , e.g.:

CGEventFlags flags = kCGEventFlagMaskShift;
CGEventRef ev;
CGEventSourceRef source = CGEventSourceCreate (kCGEventSourceStateCombinedSessionState);

//press down            
ev = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent (source, keyCode, true);    
CGEventSetFlags(ev,flags | CGEventGetFlags(ev)); //combine flags                        
CGEventPost(kCGHIDEventTap,ev);
CFRelease(ev);              

//press up                                  
ev = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent (source, keyCode, false);                       
CGEventSetFlags(ev,flags | CGEventGetFlags(ev)); //combine flags                        
CGEventPost(kCGHIDEventTap,ev); 
CFRelease(ev);              

CFRelease(source);