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Bug 329897 - unlock dialog should indicate keyboard layout
unlock dialog should indicate keyboard layout
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 327056
Product: gnome-screensaver
Classification: Deprecated
Component: dialog
2.13.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-screensaver maintainers
gnome-screensaver maintainers
: 331553 341553 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-02-04 15:29 UTC by Sergey V. Udaltsov
Modified: 2006-06-17 01:55 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14


Description Sergey V. Udaltsov 2006-02-04 15:29:39 UTC 
My password is using ASCII. If my current group is Russian - I cannot enter my
password. And it might take several attempts to enter the password (up to 4 -
max number of the keyboard layouts). This is really irritating. Probably the
dialog needs to include some parts of the keyboard indicator - or smth similar.
But it is a real usability problem for people using multiple layouts.

Other information:
Comment 1 William Jon McCann 2006-02-17 15:36:22 UTC 
*** Bug 331553 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Chris Turchin 2006-03-27 20:16:59 UTC 
having just stumbled over this for the x-teenth time (i frequently switch between german and US keyboard mappings), I would really appreciate if this bug would get the attention it deserves. 

A best case solution would not only be an indicator, but a switcher. i may not even know what my password is on a different keymap or cannot enter it at all and because of the long pause (can i influence this?!) between attempts, trying to figure it out on-the-fly can be a tedious endeavor indeed...

so please, m-tv, pimp my screensaver!
Comment 3 William Jon McCann 2006-05-12 20:06:57 UTC 
*** Bug 341553 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 William Jon McCann 2006-06-17 01:55:42 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 327056 ***