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Idea #23579: Keyboard can never lose focus from password field

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #17434: Never lose focus while typing a password.
Written by brauliobezerra the 6 Feb 10 at 00:15. Category: Security. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
Rather frequently I am typing some password somewhere and bam! some application appeared and took the focus out of the password field. And then somebody sees my password. Or even the whole Internet sees it.

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Solution #2: password lockdown :S
Written by pererik87 the 6 Feb 10 at 14:56.
when the keyring password is in focus its not possible to turn of the computer.

It should be possible to turn of the computer without clicking deny-> cancel or typing the keyring password.

I always hold the power button or pull the plug because its faster.
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Solution #3: Request to click before prompting
Written by Lachu the 6 Feb 10 at 15:03.
Password fields should request to click special widget, with lock whole X Server onto password field and exit widget.

User ought to input password, before click onto that button! There no way to exit from this field without clicking button again.

Behavior of enter key/arrows could be: give focus to exit button.

Below password prompt, some helping messages should appear, like press exit key to accept prompting password.

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Akerbos wrote on the 6 Feb 10 at 14:50
This should at least be done for gksu and the like. Sent my PW to somebody via IM just recently...

tntricker wrote on the 7 Feb 10 at 04:06
I can't think of a reason an application should ever steal keyboard focus. Notifications are one thing but grabbing focus is just ridiculous.

Akerbos wrote on the 7 Feb 10 at 16:58
I understood it not like grabbing, but keeping focus! Because in fact, some applications _do_ steal focus, i.e. many popups, new chat windows in Pidgin etc pp

michele74 wrote on the 9 Feb 10 at 14:46
+1
When entering a text into a field (password, mail, name, etc), no other application should take the focus, never ever in the next few seconds (an option somewhere, default to 15 seconds).

This should be configurable to apply to all the terminal window, the browser, the gedit and other application. Also, the focus itself should be locked (if I have clicked a Window, in the next few seconds noone can automatically receive focus!)

For example:
- I started firefox with 5 web pages, gedit and other apps
- FF prompt for the main password
- In the middle of the password, other windows appears and then I must reselect FF and retype password entirely


houseworkshy wrote on the 9 Feb 10 at 17:59
I like this solution. For example it would be nice to be able to copy and paste from any window to any other without layer order, unless one wants to. Tasks like copying notes from a full screen web page and pasteing to a small windowed text editor for example would be much easier.


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