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[Bug 1324064] Re: lock screen doesn't allow ^U or ^W

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From: Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <mail@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:05:42 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1324064 <1324064@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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I don't think the lockscreen it's the same scenario as bash or vim, in
general UI apps react to Ctrl+W by closing themselves, while gtk/qt text
entries by default do nothing on ^U/^W, thus I don't think it's the case
to add support for this.

If you need to quickly delete the content of the input field, you can
instead use Ctrl+Backspace (or slower Ctrl+A + anything you want) which
is more more standard in text entries than the shortcuts you suggested.

** Changed in: unity
       Status: New => Opinion

** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Opinion

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Title:
  lock screen doesn't allow ^U or ^W

Status in Unity:
  Opinion
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  The new lock screen password input doesn't respect the ^U and ^W
  keyboard shortcuts.

  To reproduce, lock the screen and type some characters. Hit Control+U
  and notice nothing changes. Hit Control+W and notice nothing changes.

  Expected behavior: I would expect both keys to delete the entire
  input. (While ^W deletes words in most programs, this should probably
  not expose word boundaries to casual viewers.)

  See how bash and vim handle ^W and ^U. I'd expect the same from the
  password prompt.

  Thanks

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: unity 7.2.0+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed May 28 12:26:47 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-18 (587 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-12 (46 days ago)

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