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bbfa235
(Get the code!)
As of 10.04, yes. I'll report back after I try 12.04.
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:15 AM, marmuta <email address hidden> wrote:
> Well, we'd love to add this as a feature, but I'm not aware of anything
> that would allow us to generally exempt Onboard from pointer grabs. If
> this exists, I'd be interested to learn about it.
>
> Back in GTK2 times Onboard used to have a toggle for "Password dialogs
> as normal windows", which basically toggled the disable-grab key. This
> fell by the wayside with the switch to GTK3 and gsettings. We could
> possibly bring it back, though going by the age of this bug and
> duplicates, I'm not sure if we should. Is this still an issue today?
>
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>
> Title:
> gksu's and gksudo's modal password prompt prevents OnBoard's virtual
> keyboard input, causing accessibility issues
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
> Invalid
> Status in Ubuntu on the Nexus 7:
> Confirmed
> Status in “gksu” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I'm loath to report this as a bug, since it is functioning as
> designed, but I can't really find a better place to submit my
> complaint. I'm running 9.04 Netbook Remix, and if I run a GUI
> application and do something requiring sudo privileges, I receive a
> password prompt that blocks access to any other windows on the screen.
> Fine and good, but because of a disability, my only means of keyboard
> input is the OnBoard on-screen keyboard. My only recourse for such
> basic tasks as installing updates and adding packages is to pull out
> the terminal, hope I can find the pertinent command, and sudo it so I
> can give my password via terminal. This rather negates the convenience
> of doing these things from the GUI.
>
> Naturally, the expected behavior is that I be able to use OnBoard to
> enter my password into the prompt.
>
> Any other user who uses an on-screen keyboard or other GUI-based
> application for keyboard input will be susceptible to this issue. I
> imagine there are a fair number.
>
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-Ben