diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_mac_NSViewComponentPeer.mm b/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_mac_NSViewComponentPeer.mm
index 8987a60f14..65b588f92b 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_mac_NSViewComponentPeer.mm
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_mac_NSViewComponentPeer.mm
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ public:
    #else
     bool usingCoreGraphics = false;
    #endif
-    bool isZooming = false, isFirstLiveResize = false, textWasInserted = false;
+    bool textWasInserted = false, isFirstLiveResize = false;
     bool isStretchingTop = false, isStretchingLeft = false, isStretchingBottom = false, isStretchingRight = false;
     bool windowRepresentsFile = false;
     bool isAlwaysOnTop = false, wasAlwaysOnTop = false;
@@ -2007,15 +2007,14 @@ struct JuceNSViewClass   : public NSViewComponentPeerWrapper<ObjCClass<NSView>>
         {
             if (auto* owner = getOwner (self))
             {
-                auto* target = owner->findCurrentTextInputTarget();
                 owner->textWasInserted = false;
 
-                if (target != nullptr)
+                if (auto* target = owner->findCurrentTextInputTarget())
                     [(NSView*) self interpretKeyEvents: [NSArray arrayWithObject: ev]];
                 else
                     owner->stringBeingComposed.clear();
 
-                if (! (owner->textWasInserted || owner->redirectKeyDown (ev)))
+                if (! (owner->textWasInserted || owner->stringBeingComposed.isNotEmpty() || owner->redirectKeyDown (ev)))
                     sendSuperclassMessage<void> (self, @selector (keyDown:), ev);
             }
         });
@@ -2367,7 +2366,7 @@ struct JuceNSWindowClass   : public NSViewComponentPeerWrapper<ObjCClass<NSWindo
         {
             auto* owner = getOwner (self);
 
-            if (owner == nullptr || owner->isZooming)
+            if (owner == nullptr)
                 return proposedFrameSize;
 
             NSRect frameRect = flippedScreenRect ([(NSWindow*) self frame]);