Canonical System Image

5 useless buttons on the lock-screen

Bug #1648435 reported by Michal Predotka
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Bug Description

bq e4.5 OTA-14

In the case I use '4-digit passcode' for 'Lock security', the new keyboard visible on the lock screen has 5 buttons out of 18 (counting 'Cancel' and 'Emergency') which do not have any use. I marked them on the attached screenshot.

The same keyboard appears when I create or change the 4-digit passcode in System Settings.

IMO it'd be better to remove those useless buttons, and possibly rearrange the useful ones. That could make it look better and provide better/bigger touch target.

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Michal Predotka (mpredotka) wrote :
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Michal Predotka (mpredotka) wrote :

Possible design with added transparency for 'cool' factor ;)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-keyboard (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Buzea Bogdan (bogdanke8) wrote :

WOW, @mpredotka, beautifull design!!! You are good!!! It would look much better!

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Zygmunt Krynicki (zyga) wrote :

I love your design Michał! Let me know if I can help you make this reality somehow

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Michal Predotka (mpredotka) wrote :

@bogdanke8, @zyga, thanks for your kind words :)

From what I've looked in the source code, to achieve this effect there need to be changes in:
1. Greeter Prompt http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~unity-team/unity8/trunk/view/head:/qml/Greeter/GreeterPrompt.qml
2. Keyboard for numbers: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~phablet-team/ubuntu-keyboard/trunk/view/head:/qml/languages/Keyboard_numbers.qml

Of course I could be wrong :)

Let's wait for UX team decision first though.

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Mateo Salta (mateo-salta) wrote :

Looks awesome!

 Looks like the greeter changes might be easy - but since the keyboard number pad is used for more than just login you would have to make hiding the extra buttons only hide on the condition that it is on the lock screen.

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Michal Predotka (mpredotka) wrote :
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