Ability to paste in login screen

It is not possible to use "paste" in login screen. Ctrl+v does not work and there is no context menu on right click. Makes it hard to login for users with password manager.

I'm not sure if other input fields share the same problem, haven't tested.

➜ ~ uname -a
Linux kyuukon 3.13.0-35-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 15 01:58:42 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
➜ ~ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty


Thanks for the release, Unity team!

 

Seconded.

 

Please vote for the issue to have it fixed: https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/is...t-fields-doesnt-work-and-nor-do-context-menus

 

Until this is resolved you can work around this issue using xdotool and xclip:
sudo apt install xdotool xclip
sleep 3 && xdotool type "$(xclip -o -selection clipboard)"

Solution derived from:
https://sick.codes/paste-clipboard-linux-xdotool-ctrl-v-terminal-type/, https://sick.codes/paste-clipboard-linux-xdotool-ctrl-v-terminal-type/

 

Other way is to use password managers like keepass with autotype feature.