diff --git a/gdk/quartz/GdkQuartzView.c b/gdk/quartz/GdkQuartzView.c
index 684832f7a7..8d8502701d 100644
--- a/gdk/quartz/GdkQuartzView.c
+++ b/gdk/quartz/GdkQuartzView.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   if ((self = [super initWithFrame: frameRect]))
     {
       markedRange = NSMakeRange (NSNotFound, 0);
-      selectedRange = NSMakeRange (NSNotFound, 0);
+      selectedRange = NSMakeRange (0, 0);
     }
 
   return self;
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@
 
 -(void) keyDown: (NSEvent *) theEvent
 {
+  /* NOTE: When user press Cmd+A, interpretKeyEvents: will call noop:
+     method. When user press and hold A to show the accented char window,
+     it consumed repeating key down events for key 'A' do NOT call
+     any other method. We use this behavior to determine if this key
+     down event is filtered by interpretKeyEvents.
+  */
+
+  g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (gdk_window), GIC_FILTER_KEY,
+                     GUINT_TO_POINTER (GIC_FILTER_FILTERED));
+
   GDK_NOTE (EVENTS, g_message ("keyDown"));
   [self interpretKeyEvents: [NSArray arrayWithObject: theEvent]];
 }
@@ -124,7 +134,8 @@
 -(void)unmarkText
 {
   GDK_NOTE (EVENTS, g_message ("unmarkText"));
-  markedRange = selectedRange = NSMakeRange (NSNotFound, 0);
+  selectedRange = NSMakeRange (0, 0);
+  markedRange = NSMakeRange (NSNotFound, 0);
 
   g_object_set_data_full (G_OBJECT (gdk_window), TIC_MARKED_TEXT, NULL, g_free);
 }
@@ -209,8 +220,15 @@
   else
    {
       str = [string UTF8String];
+      selectedRange = NSMakeRange ([string length], 0);
    }
 
+  if (replacementRange.length > 0)
+    {
+      g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (gdk_window), TIC_INSERT_TEXT_REPLACE_LEN,
+                         GINT_TO_POINTER (replacementRange.length));
+    }
+
   g_object_set_data_full (G_OBJECT (gdk_window), TIC_INSERT_TEXT, g_strdup (str), g_free);
   GDK_NOTE (EVENTS, g_message ("insertText: set %s (%p, nsview %p): %s",
 			     TIC_INSERT_TEXT, gdk_window, self,
@@ -537,6 +555,8 @@
 -(void)noop: (id)sender
 {
   GDK_NOTE (EVENTS, g_message ("noop"));
+  g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (gdk_window), GIC_FILTER_KEY,
+                     GUINT_TO_POINTER (GIC_FILTER_PASSTHRU));
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/gdk/quartz/GdkQuartzView.h b/gdk/quartz/GdkQuartzView.h
index 732c677ee5..da06a8bdce 100644
--- a/gdk/quartz/GdkQuartzView.h
+++ b/gdk/quartz/GdkQuartzView.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define TIC_SELECTED_POS  "tic-selected-pos"
 #define TIC_SELECTED_LEN  "tic-selected-len"
 #define TIC_INSERT_TEXT "tic-insert-text"
+#define TIC_INSERT_TEXT_REPLACE_LEN "tic-insert-text-replace-len"
 #define TIC_IN_KEY_DOWN "tic-in-key-down"
 
 /* GtkIMContext */
diff --git a/modules/input/imquartz.c b/modules/input/imquartz.c
index b7428fcf92..17758493c3 100644
--- a/modules/input/imquartz.c
+++ b/modules/input/imquartz.c
@@ -129,8 +129,11 @@ output_result (GtkIMContext *context,
 {
   GtkIMContextQuartz *qc = GTK_IM_CONTEXT_QUARTZ (context);
   gboolean retval = FALSE;
+  int fixed_str_replace_len;
   gchar *fixed_str, *marked_str;
 
+  fixed_str_replace_len = GPOINTER_TO_INT (g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (win),
+      TIC_INSERT_TEXT_REPLACE_LEN));
   fixed_str = g_strdup (g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (win), TIC_INSERT_TEXT));
   marked_str = g_strdup (g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (win), TIC_MARKED_TEXT));
   if (fixed_str)
@@ -139,6 +142,13 @@ output_result (GtkIMContext *context,
       g_free (qc->preedit_str);
       qc->preedit_str = NULL;
       g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (win), TIC_INSERT_TEXT, NULL);
+      if (fixed_str_replace_len)
+        {
+          gboolean retval;
+          g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (win), TIC_INSERT_TEXT_REPLACE_LEN, 0);
+          g_signal_emit_by_name (context, "delete-surrounding",
+              -fixed_str_replace_len, fixed_str_replace_len, &retval);
+        }
       g_signal_emit_by_name (context, "commit", fixed_str);
       g_signal_emit_by_name (context, "preedit_changed");
 
@@ -168,6 +178,11 @@ output_result (GtkIMContext *context,
     }
   if (!fixed_str && !marked_str)
     {
+      unsigned int filtered =
+	  GPOINTER_TO_UINT (g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (win),
+					       GIC_FILTER_KEY));
+      if (filtered)
+        retval = TRUE;
       if (qc->preedit_str && strlen (qc->preedit_str) > 0)
         retval = TRUE;
     }