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Bug 347721 - embed a keypad in unlock dialog
embed a keypad in unlock dialog
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-screensaver
Classification: Deprecated
Component: dialog
CVS HEAD
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: gnome-screensaver maintainers
gnome-screensaver maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-07-17 00:48 UTC by William Jon McCann
Modified: 2012-06-09 09:57 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
patch (37.49 KB, patch)
2006-07-26 22:29 UTC, William Jon McCann 		none Details | Review
screenshot (66.61 KB, image/png)
2006-07-26 22:31 UTC, William Jon McCann 		  Details
updated patch (38.43 KB, patch)
2006-07-26 22:50 UTC, William Jon McCann 		committed Details | Review

Description William Jon McCann 2006-07-17 00:48:26 UTC 
I was at Home Depot yesterday and wanted to get a price check on a product.  As usual no employees were to be found.  I walked up to one of the employee only kiosks with barcode scanners.  It was running windows and had the touch screen locked and no keyboard.  The unlock dialog had the usual password entry box but it also had an embedded numeric keypad.  Otherwise, I'm not sure how you would unlock the screen.
Comment 1 William Jon McCann 2006-07-26 22:24:09 UTC 
Also critical for using on touch screens and maybe useful for bug #308533.
Comment 2 William Jon McCann 2006-07-26 22:29:24 UTC 
Created attachment 69695 [details] [review]
patch

With this patch you can:

1. Install libfakekey [http://svn.o-hand.com/view/matchbox/trunk/libfakekey/]
2. Install matchbox-keyboard [http://projects.o-hand.com/matchbox/?p=1]
3. set /apps/gnome-screensaver/embedded_keyboard_enable=TRUE
4. set /apps/gnome-screensaver/embedded_keyboard_command="matchbox-keyboard --xid"
Comment 3 William Jon McCann 2006-07-26 22:31:04 UTC 
Created attachment 69696 [details]
screenshot

Here's what it looks like.
Comment 4 William Jon McCann 2006-07-26 22:50:10 UTC 
Created attachment 69697 [details] [review]
updated patch
Comment 5 William Jon McCann 2006-07-31 17:56:17 UTC 
Got approval from release-team.
Comment 6 Claudio Saavedra 2012-06-09 09:57:14 UTC 
How do I use this in my tablet with Fedora 17 installed? In this day and age we need to make this available more easily. Shall I open a new bug report or is either this or 308533 the right one?