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Request: Allow use of TAB instead of CR between user name and password

Bug #16084 reported by Korey Renner on 2005-04-16

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gdm (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Wishlist	Sebastien Bacher

Bug Description

Since I often use Windows or even KDM which allows similar behavior, I often
habitually press TAB after typing in the user name.

In GDM it actualy inserts a TAB character into the user name, which looks like a
long space.

also, I end up seeing UsernameTABPassword in the user name bar, which is bad
because it reveals my password to anyone who is looking.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300850: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300850

See original description

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2005-04-16:

I've opened a bug upstream about this:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300850

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2005-04-19:

fixed upstream

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2005-06-16:

*** Bug 17466 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2005-06-23:

this upload fixes the issue:

gdm (2.8.0.0-0ubuntu1) breezy; urgency=low
.
   * New upstream version:
     - scales the face image (Ubuntu: #6372).
     - fix gdmsetup crash on the logo page (Ubuntu: #1944).
     - new comment for gdmsetup (Ubuntu: #4567).
     - <Tab> validate the username (Ubuntu: #9777).
     - use "restart" instead of "reboot" (Ubuntu: #10232).
   * debian/patches/01_configure.patch,
     debian/patches/02_default_config.patch,
     debian/patches/03_securesysmenu_gdmlogin.patch,
     debian/patches/03_securesysmenu_gdmsetup.patch,
     debian/patches/03_securesysmenu_greeter.patch,
     debian/patches/10_noxkeepcrashing.patch,
     debian/patches/11_powermanagement.patch,
     debian/patches/12_securemenu.patch:
     - updated.
   * debian/patches/06_gdmscale.patch,
     debian/patches/07_gdmlanguages.patch,
     debian/patches/08_translations.patch:
     - fixed with the new version.
   * debian/postinst:
     - update the gdm value for default-display-manager.
   * debian/rules:
     - updated for the new version files change.
     - use CFLAGS="-I/usr/X11R6/include".
   * debian/watch:
     - updated.