GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 600079
User list search box should not appear when user list is disabled.
Last modified: 2013-12-16 20:09:24 UTC
Under normal circumstances, with the user list enabled, beginning to type a username opens a search box which selects the appropriate username in the user list. If you disable the user list, this search box serves no purpose, but still appears if you begin typing without clicking Log In first. At the very least, this search box shouldn't appear if the user list is disabled, and ideally, beginning to type a username should open the Username field without requiring that the user first click the Log In button. The end result of the current behavior is that a user accustomed to just typing their username and password without first clicking Log In winds up typing their username into a search box, pressing enter, and then typing their password into the search box which appears on the screen in plain text.
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