diff --git a/pkg/gocui/edit.go b/pkg/gocui/edit.go
index d2b23c6..e34fb69 100644
--- a/pkg/gocui/edit.go
+++ b/pkg/gocui/edit.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var DefaultEditor Editor = EditorFunc(simpleEditor)
 // simpleEditor is used as the default gocui editor.
 func simpleEditor(v *View, key tcell.Key, ch rune, mod tcell.ModMask) {
 	switch {
-	case key == tcell.KeyRune && ch != 0 && mod == 0:
+	case key == tcell.KeyRune && ch != 0 && (mod == tcell.ModShift || mod == tcell.ModNone):
 		v.EditWrite(ch)
 	case key == ' ':
 		v.EditWrite(' ')
diff --git a/pkg/gocui/eventbinding.go b/pkg/gocui/eventbinding.go
index 875fcaa..2af97ac 100644
--- a/pkg/gocui/eventbinding.go
+++ b/pkg/gocui/eventbinding.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (kb *eventBinding) matchEvent(e tcell.Event) bool {
 	case *tcell.EventKey:
 		if kbe, ok := kb.ev.(*tcell.EventKey); ok {
 			if tev.Key() == tcell.KeyRune {
-				return tev.Key() == kbe.Key() && tev.Rune() == kbe.Rune() && tev.Modifiers() == kbe.Modifiers()
+				return tev.Key() == kbe.Key() && tev.Rune() == kbe.Rune()
 			}
 			return tev.Key() == kbe.Key() && tev.Modifiers() == kbe.Modifiers()
 		}