Re: [w3c/uievents] Dead key symbols not included in KeyboardEvent (Issue #343)

> The standard currently refers to using composition events, but they are not a replacement as they only give you the current composed state, not the symbol that was just included to update the state.

The `data` attribute of the `compositionupdate` event should indicate the dead key. As shown in this example: https://www.w3.org/TR/uievents/#example-a785f64b

> Composition events also only work on input fields, not other keyboard event targets such as a canvas. So even if they did contain the proper information, they would still not be a valid replacement.

You should be able to get these events if you give the canvas a `tabindex` attribute.

I realize this isn't ideal for your case, but I hope that this is enough to unblock you.

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