Feature Request
Currently, cosmic-greeter does not respond to the Ctrl+U keyboard shortcut to clear the password input field. In many Linux environments and greeters (as well as standard shells), Ctrl+U is a common shortcut for "clear line" or "delete from cursor to start." Supporting this would improve the user experience for those accustomed to terminal-style navigation.
Steps to Reproduce
- Boot to the
cosmic-greeter login screen.
- Type a few characters into the password field.
- Press
Ctrl+U.
- Observe that the input is not cleared.
Expected Behavior
Pressing Ctrl+U should clear the current contents of the password input field, similar to how it behaves in a terminal or in other display managers like SDDM or GDM.
Environment Information
- OS: Gentoo
- Greeter: cosmic-greeter
- Version: 619910c
- Backend: greetd
Additional Context
I would not mind implementing this feature myself as I find myself reflexively hitting Ctrl-U when I mistype my password. I just want to see if there is interest in this before I commit to addressing this and going through the effort to provide a patch upstream.
Feature Request
Currently,
cosmic-greeterdoes not respond to theCtrl+Ukeyboard shortcut to clear the password input field. In many Linux environments and greeters (as well as standard shells),Ctrl+Uis a common shortcut for "clear line" or "delete from cursor to start." Supporting this would improve the user experience for those accustomed to terminal-style navigation.Steps to Reproduce
cosmic-greeterlogin screen.Ctrl+U.Expected Behavior
Pressing
Ctrl+Ushould clear the current contents of the password input field, similar to how it behaves in a terminal or in other display managers like SDDM or GDM.Environment Information
Additional Context
I would not mind implementing this feature myself as I find myself reflexively hitting
Ctrl-Uwhen I mistype my password. I just want to see if there is interest in this before I commit to addressing this and going through the effort to provide a patch upstream.