diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 105ed8fb9a..a46b6d45e2 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ checkstyle = "13.3.0"
 jacoco = "0.8.12"
 lwjgl3 = "3.4.1"
 angle = "2026-05-09"
-libjglios = "0.6"
+libjglios = "0.7"
 saferalloc = "0.0.10"
 nifty = "1.4.3"
 spotbugs = "4.9.8"
diff --git a/jme3-ios/src/main/java/com/jme3/input/ios/IosInputHandler.java b/jme3-ios/src/main/java/com/jme3/input/ios/IosInputHandler.java
index fea1f1c917..b9abb614f2 100644
--- a/jme3-ios/src/main/java/com/jme3/input/ios/IosInputHandler.java
+++ b/jme3-ios/src/main/java/com/jme3/input/ios/IosInputHandler.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.jme3.input.ios;
 
 import com.jme3.input.RawInputListener;
-import com.jme3.input.KeyInput;
 import com.jme3.input.MouseInput;
 import com.jme3.input.TouchInput;
 import com.jme3.input.event.InputEvent;
@@ -15,6 +14,8 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import org.ngengine.libjglios.core.LibJGLIOSInputBridge;
 
+import static org.ngengine.libjglios.sdl3.SDL3.SDL_GetKeyFromScancode;
+
 public class IosInputHandler implements TouchInput {
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(IosInputHandler.class.getName());
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ private int toJmeMouseButton(int sdlButton) {
     }
     private int width = 0;
     private int height = 0;
-    private final int[] nativeIntData = new int[4];
+    private final int[] nativeIntData = new int[5];
     private final float[] nativeFloatData = new float[4];
 
     public IosInputHandler() {
@@ -277,27 +278,18 @@ void dispatchBridgeEvent(int[] intData, float[] floatData, long time) {
                 break;
             case LibJGLIOSInputBridge.EVENT_KEY:
                 IosJoyInput.dispatchKeyboardInput();
+                int sdlKey = SDL_GetKeyFromScancode(intData[1], intData[4], true);
+                char keyChar = sdlKey > 0 && sdlKey <= Character.MAX_VALUE && !Character.isISOControl((char) sdlKey)
+                        ? (char) sdlKey
+                        : '\0';
                 KeyInputEvent key = new KeyInputEvent(
                         IosSdlKeyMap.toJmeKeyCode(intData[1]),
-                        '\0',
+                        keyChar,
                         intData[2] != 0,
                         intData[3] != 0);
                 key.setTime(time);
                 addEvent(key);
                 break;
-            case LibJGLIOSInputBridge.EVENT_TEXT_INPUT:
-                if (!isSingleCharTextInput(intData[1])) {
-                    break;
-                }
-                IosJoyInput.dispatchKeyboardInput();
-                KeyInputEvent text = new KeyInputEvent(
-                        KeyInput.KEY_UNKNOWN,
-                        (char) intData[1],
-                        true,
-                        false);
-                text.setTime(time);
-                addEvent(text);
-                break;
             case LibJGLIOSInputBridge.EVENT_GAMEPAD_ADDED:
             case LibJGLIOSInputBridge.EVENT_GAMEPAD_REMOVED:
             case LibJGLIOSInputBridge.EVENT_GAMEPAD_AXIS:
@@ -352,10 +344,4 @@ private float mouseDeltaY(float value) {
     private boolean isNormalized(float value) {
         return value >= 0f && value <= 1f;
     }
-
-    private boolean isSingleCharTextInput(int codePoint) {
-        return codePoint > 0
-                && codePoint <= Character.MAX_VALUE
-                && !Character.isSurrogate((char) codePoint);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/jme3-lwjgl3/src/main/java/com/jme3/input/lwjgl/SdlKeyInput.java b/jme3-lwjgl3/src/main/java/com/jme3/input/lwjgl/SdlKeyInput.java
index ccce791a98..b4195e519b 100644
--- a/jme3-lwjgl3/src/main/java/com/jme3/input/lwjgl/SdlKeyInput.java
+++ b/jme3-lwjgl3/src/main/java/com/jme3/input/lwjgl/SdlKeyInput.java
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ public void initialize() {
         if (!context.isRenderable()) {
             return;
         }
-        // Text input events are delivered through SDL_EVENT_TEXT_INPUT.
-        SDL_StartTextInput(context.getWindowHandle());
         initialized = true;
         LOGGER.fine("SDL keyboard created.");
     }
@@ -78,7 +76,8 @@ public void resetContext() {
         if (!context.isRenderable()) {
             return;
         }
-        SDL_StartTextInput(context.getWindowHandle());
+        // nothing to do here
+
     }
 
     public void onSDLEvent(SDL_Event event) {
@@ -90,34 +89,13 @@ public void onSDLEvent(SDL_Event event) {
             }
 
             final int jmeKey = SdlKeyMap.toJmeKeyCode(key.scancode());
-            final KeyInputEvent keyEvent = new KeyInputEvent(jmeKey, '\0', key.down(), key.repeat());
+            final int sdlKey = SDL_GetKeyFromScancode(key.scancode(), key.mod(), true);
+            final char keyChar = sdlKey > 0 && sdlKey <= Character.MAX_VALUE && !Character.isISOControl((char) sdlKey)
+                    ? (char) sdlKey
+                    : '\0';
+            final KeyInputEvent keyEvent = new KeyInputEvent(jmeKey, keyChar, key.down(), key.repeat());
             keyEvent.setTime(key.timestamp());
             keyInputEvents.add(keyEvent);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (type == SDL_EVENT_TEXT_INPUT) {
-            if (event.text().windowID() != context.getWindowId()) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            final String text = event.text().textString();
-            if (text == null || text.isEmpty()) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
-                final char keyChar = text.charAt(i);
-                final long time = event.text().timestamp();
-
-                KeyInputEvent pressed = new KeyInputEvent(KeyInput.KEY_UNKNOWN, keyChar, true, false);
-                pressed.setTime(time);
-                keyInputEvents.add(pressed);
-
-                KeyInputEvent released = new KeyInputEvent(KeyInput.KEY_UNKNOWN, keyChar, false, false);
-                released.setTime(time);
-                keyInputEvents.add(released);
-            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -146,9 +124,6 @@ public void update() {
 
     @Override
     public void destroy() {
-        if (context.isRenderable()) {
-            SDL_StopTextInput(context.getWindowHandle());
-        }
         keyInputEvents.clear();
         initialized = false;
         LOGGER.fine("SDL keyboard destroyed.");