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Bug 658521 - Change Password focuses "New password" field, skipping "Current password"
Change Password focuses "New password" field, skipping "Current password"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: User Accounts
3.1.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-09-08 03:03 UTC by Dylan McCall
Modified: 2011-09-09 09:00 UTC
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Description Dylan McCall 2011-09-08 03:03:49 UTC 
Steps to reproduce:
In the User Accounts panel, find the option to change a user's password.
A dialog appears asking for the current password, the new password, and a hint.

The New password field is focused by default, even though this field is below the Current password field. This can communicate to the end user that the Current password is not necessary, but the password cannot be changed until the current password field is filled in. Semantics aside, it is plain unhelpful.

(Originally reported downstream at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/821759)
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2011-09-09 09:00:57 UTC 
commit 1ed6f51d8ef4081c7c463661357f4d5c8a9b10b3
Author: Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
Date:   Fri Sep 9 09:57:35 2011 +0100

    user-accounts: Correct initial focus in password dialogue
    
    The password dialogue needs to have the "Current password" field
    focused by default if we're changing the password.
    
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658521