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[Martin Pool <mbp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some people (including me, in the past) have physical conditions that
mean they type with a higher-than-usual error rate.  Entering a typical
password without confirmation that the correct key was pressed is
difficult and runs a risk of being locked out through repeated wrong
attempts.

If it was in Security rather than Accessibility that would also be fine.
Since the feature exists, it would just be nice to make it easier to
reach than editing gtkrc.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/701018

Title:
  a11y panel should have an option to turn on gtk-entry-password-hint-
  timeout

Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

  gtk has an option to turn on brief display of characters entered into
  password fields, in the way that is commonly done on handheld devices.
  This is highly useful to users who for whatever reason have trouble
  typing password sequences without errors.

  You can put

  gtk-entry-password-hint-timeout = 600

  into ~/.gtkrc-2.0 but there is no UI for this as far as I can see.  It
  would be nice if there was a checkbox for it in the keyboard
  accessibility control panel.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Jan 10 07:30:54 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_AU.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/zsh
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center

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