1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/qt/ScintillaEditBase/ScintillaEditBase.cpp b/qt/ScintillaEditBase/ScintillaEditBase.cpp
index b58a118aa..f789af727 100644
--- a/qt/ScintillaEditBase/ScintillaEditBase.cpp
+++ b/qt/ScintillaEditBase/ScintillaEditBase.cpp
@@ -268,8 +268,15 @@ void ScintillaEditBase::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event)
 
 		QString text = event->text();
 		if (input && !text.isEmpty() && text[0].isPrint()) {
-			QByteArray utext = sqt->BytesForDocument(text);
-			sqt->InsertCharacter(std::string_view(utext.data(), utext.size()), CharacterSource::DirectInput);
+			const int strLen = text.length();
+			for (int i = 0; i < strLen;) {
+				const int ucWidth = text.at(i).isHighSurrogate() ? 2 : 1;
+				const QString oneCharUTF16 = text.mid(i, ucWidth);
+				const QByteArray oneChar = sqt->BytesForDocument(oneCharUTF16);
+
+				sqt->InsertCharacter(std::string_view(oneChar.data(), oneChar.length()), CharacterSource::DirectInput);
+				i += ucWidth;
+			}
 		} else {
 			event->ignore();
 		}