GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 355003
Screensaver password dialog does not indicate keyboard layout
Last modified: 2007-07-03 11:27:45 UTC
Copying from https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/49222/ The screensaver password dialog, that is produced whenever you want to resume your work after a screensaver (or hibernate etc), does not indicate which keyboard layout is active. As I use several ones at the same time, I find it hard to know which layout is supposed to be active in GDM, and often I don't even remember which one I used last. There is no way of finding out the layout as the only thing showing is black dots in the input field. This "bug" have made me loose work due to that I cannot enter my password at times, even though I thought I correctly guessed different layouts. I do run two different types of Dvorak on my Qwerty keyboard, so it is not easy to guess. Proposal: * At least a keyboard indicator and switcher as can be seen in Gnome Panel should be present in the password dialog. * Possibly also a field where one can test a layout (but not in the dialog itself, perhaps as a button) to see if it is the one expected.
Actually the solution is going to be as your first option described. The only problem now is separation of libgswitchit into standalone library (it is now a virtual module in CVS - a bad practice which I want to fight). After this is done - adding a gtk widget (existing) to screensaver should be easy enough. If everything is ok, 2.18 should have it.
On my Ubuntu 7.04 (Gnome 2.18.1) I have an option to toggle between languages on the screen saver. (I also use dvorak, great layout) Is there a way to close the bug on bugzilla?
Thanks Harrison for the ping. I am closing the report as fixed.