diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_window.m b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
index 17f961a42..7a17b0e3f 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
@@ -1152,14 +1152,14 @@ is_ascii_control_char(char x) {
         debug_key("\x1b[31mPress:\x1b[m native_key: 0x%x (%s) glfw_key: 0x%x %schar_count: %lu deadKeyState: %u repeat: %d ",
                 keycode, safe_name_for_keycode(keycode), key, format_mods(mods), char_count, window->ns.deadKeyState, event.ARepeat);
         marked_text_cleared_by_insert = false;
-        in_key_handler = 1;
         if (process_text) {
+            in_key_handler = 1;
             // this will call insertText which will fill up _glfw.ns.text
             [self interpretKeyEvents:@[event]];
+            in_key_handler = 0;
         } else {
             window->ns.deadKeyState = 0;
         }
-        in_key_handler = 0;
         if (window->ns.deadKeyState && (char_count == 0 || keycode == 0x75)) {
             // 0x75 is the delete key which needs to be ignored during a compose sequence
             debug_key("Sending pre-edit text for dead key (text: %s markedText: %s).\n", format_text(_glfw.ns.text), glfw_keyevent.text);
@@ -1249,11 +1249,11 @@ is_ascii_control_char(char x) {
         in_key_handler = 2;
         const bool handled = [inpctx handleEvent:event];
         in_key_handler = 0;
-        if (handled) {
-            if (marked_text_cleared_by_insert) {
-                debug_key("Clearing pre-edit text");
-                CLEAR_PRE_EDIT_TEXT;
-            }
+        if (marked_text_cleared_by_insert) {
+            debug_key("Clearing pre-edit text");
+            CLEAR_PRE_EDIT_TEXT;
+        }
+        if (handled || marked_text_cleared_by_insert) {
             if (_glfw.ns.text[0]) glfw_keyevent.text = _glfw.ns.text;
             else _glfw.ns.text[0] = old_first_char;
         }
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ void _glfwPlatformUpdateIMEState(_GLFWwindow *w, const GLFWIMEUpdateEvent *ev) {
     char *s = _glfw.ns.text + strnlen(_glfw.ns.text, sizeof(_glfw.ns.text));
     snprintf(s, sizeof(_glfw.ns.text) - (s - _glfw.ns.text), "%s", utf8);
     _glfw.ns.text[sizeof(_glfw.ns.text) - 1] = 0;
-    if (!in_key_handler && _glfw.ns.text[0]) {
+    if ((!in_key_handler || in_key_handler == 2) && _glfw.ns.text[0]) {
         debug_key("sending text to kitty from insertText called from event loop: %s\n", _glfw.ns.text);
         GLFWkeyevent glfw_keyevent = {.text=_glfw.ns.text, .ime_state=GLFW_IME_COMMIT_TEXT};
         _glfwInputKeyboard(window, &glfw_keyevent);