Bug 497387

Summary:	Enable NumLock by default if the current keyboard has a numeric keypad
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Fernando M. Muniz <fernandommuniz>
Component:	kcm_keyboard	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	akos+kde, bugseforuns, butirsky, cartes34, claudius.ellsel, clivejo, conor, dennise8, duha.bugs, eugene.savitsky, fabian, fanzhuyifan, fernandommuniz, funkypou, greg, gtx.swift, guido-kdebugs, guimarcalsilva, hartmann.christian, jcdole, john.kizer, KaKi87, kdedev, knoblauchlands, linnets, linus.kardell, lv215bd5, mike.sierra.51, natalie_clarius, nate, plasma-bugs-null, postix, siddharth_manthan, spleefer90, tomas.nackaerts, wbauer1, wizard10000, yizel7
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	6.2.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/6788
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Bug Depends on:	368063
Bug Blocks:

Description Fernando M. Muniz 2024-12-12 20:01:39 UTC

I'm requesting that NumLock should be activated by default if the internal/external keyboard has a NumPad.

It's far more likely that the user who has a NumPad wants the NumLock to be enabled, than disabled.

This shouldn't affect detected keyboards that doesn't have a NumPad.

Comment 1 John Kizer 2024-12-21 08:28:28 UTC

For reference, there's an existing merge request with discussion on this topic: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/6788

Comment 2 Fernando M. Muniz 2024-12-21 09:34:37 UTC

(In reply to John Kizer from comment #1)
> For reference, there's an existing merge request with discussion on this
> topic: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/6788

With the difference being that the merge request is for all keyboards, instead of being exclusively for the ones that have a numeric keypad.

Comment 3 gtx.swift 2024-12-21 10:50:44 UTC

On my Raspberry Pi keyboard, it does not repect the KDE settings. But SDDM does respect the KDE settings.

Comment 4 Fernando M. Muniz 2024-12-21 11:16:14 UTC

(In reply to gtx.swift from comment #3)
> On my Raspberry Pi keyboard, it does not repect the KDE settings. But SDDM
> does respect the KDE settings.

I believe you're mistaking this wishlist with Bug 368063

Comment 5 TraceyC 2025-01-14 17:10:13 UTC

*** Bug 432294 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 TraceyC 2025-01-14 17:10:44 UTC

A comment from the duplicate report:

> It's important to have it enabled by default while booting because many people use numbers as their password. It's specially true from users coming from Windows, as Microsoft encourages the use of a numeric PIN for logging in and thus migrating users are likely to have a password with numbers, and not only that, but I'm not aware of any downsides of having it turned on by default, so I believe it should be enabled on boot so you can type a numeric password on the login screen without having to press numlock everytime.