From 0152fa2aaab8376486be050abe9096ad3fd79772 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reza Bakhshi Laktasaraei <r.bakhshi72@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 05:54:44 +0330
Subject: [PATCH] Redirected chat list typing to search field in screen reader
 mode.

---
 Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_inner_widget.cpp | 2 ++
 Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp       | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_inner_widget.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_inner_widget.cpp
index 943361e05a..4e9f33ab07 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_inner_widget.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_inner_widget.cpp
@@ -5829,6 +5829,8 @@ void InnerWidget::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e) {
 		chooseRow();
 		return;
 	}
+	// Leave unhandled keys (e.g. typed characters) for the parent
+	// Dialogs::Widget, whose keyPressEvent redirects them to search.
 	RpWidget::keyPressEvent(e);
 }
 
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp
index 2ff6367a44..73664fd5fc 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp
@@ -4240,7 +4240,7 @@ bool Widget::redirectToSearchPossible() const {
 		&& !_childList
 		&& _search->isVisible()
 		&& !_search->hasFocus()
-		&& hasFocus();
+		&& (hasFocus() || _inner->hasFocus());
 }
 
 bool Widget::redirectKeyToSearch(QKeyEvent *e) const {