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I did something similar too - I was typing in the password while the Mac was being unlocked by the watch using that unlock-with-the-watch feature. I was used t
by pilif 9y ago
I did something similar too - I was typing in the password while the Mac was being unlocked by the watch using that unlock-with-the-watch feature.
I was used to hammering return a few times to wake the machine up, then typing in the password, then hitting return again.
The few times I hammered return woke the machine, the watch unlocked the mac and the password plus the return key went into the app that had focus which for me also was Slack.
Is it possible that this user had the same thing happen to them? When I disable the watch unlocking, I can't make the password go anywhere but into the login screen (10.13.1 here with last weeks security update applied)
- geerlingguy 9y agoBecause of the short delay between waking the Mac and the display lighting up, I always either use spacebar or command key, or click the trackpad/mouse a couple times to wake. Return is a dangerous key!
- jmull 9y agoI hit the shift key
- lostlogin 9y agoHell yes. I wonder wha’s the worst thing someone has done with this? When you hit return and just before the keystroke a pop up comes up and you agree to something you didn’t want. I’ve see a couple of bad ones in the radiology world.
- notheguyouthink 9y agoOh god, popups while you're typing are the worst. I feel like the OS should not even allow it. No idea how to prevent the issue, but I've been caught mid sentence before and accepted installs, upgrades, random popups, etc. Ones from Skype tend to be the most infuriating / scary..
- Arnt 9y agoIt's not too difficult. a) only the application with keyboard focus gets to open new windows with keyboard focus less than about two seconds after a keystroke (with no intervening mouse activity). b) no keyboard input into a new window for the first second, unless the user clicks there. We looked into this while I was Trolltech. Decided against doing it for Qt unilaterally, it's really something the system must do, or else it's too annoying.
- lostlogin 9y agoBut what about pop ups that come from within the application? Anything that has dialogues come up when there is a chance the user might be using enter/return for a different purpose is a bit crap, especially with multi-screen systems where there is a fair chance the user is looking elsewhere. Even just having no pre-selected default would help (so arrow - enter/return would be needed).
- linkregister 9y agoThis seems like something that should be handled by the application's developer. A different application's popup or focus steal should be managed by the window manager / OS.
- TonnyGaric 9y agoSeems plausible. I have replied to the tweet and asked him, see https://twitter.com/TonnyGaric/status/939152498249666562 https://twitter.com/TonnyGaric/status/939152498249666562
- TonnyGaric 9y agoOriginal Poster replied to my tweet where I asked him if he has an Apple Watch: >Hey Tonny. No I don't have an Apple Watch so it's not related. I did connect an external screen before opening the MBP though, so maybe it's related to that? Note that I can't reproduce it, happened only once so it must be a shady bug. See https://twitter.com/BenoitLetondor/status/939164367962148864 https://twitter.com/BenoitLetondor/status/939164367962148864
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- Domenic_S 9y agoHmm, the "Unlocking with Apple Watch..." sequence breaks when you hit a key and then displays the standard password field, so that you can type in your password instead. This seems really unusual.