Bug 467532 - Pre-selecting "Log Out" is a bad default for Ctrl+Alt+Del
Summary: Pre-selecting "Log Out" is a bad default for Ctrl+Alt+Del
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: ksmserver
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.27.3
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Edmundson
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Reported: 2023-03-18 17:03 UTC by David
Modified: 2023-04-06 20:48 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Version Fixed In: 6.0


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Description David 2023-03-18 17:03:45 UTC
SUMMARY
The default logout option is "log out" of a user session. This is not a reasonable thing to put as default, since very seldom would someone using a desktop computer want to do that. The year is 2023. Most desktop computers have a single user, who wants to shut down the computer when done using it.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del or trigger the logout dialog through some other way.

OBSERVED RESULT
Offers me to "log out".

EXPECTED RESULT
Should offer me to either restart the computer (for Ctrl+Alt+Del), shut it down (for buttons elsewhere), or perhaps hibernate.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-04-04 20:35:11 UTC
So just hit the left arrow key once to highlight "Shut Down" and *then* hit the return key? It'll take you a quarter of a second. We've already made new actions for Plasma 6 that you can bind Ctrl+Alt+Del to to pre-highlight something else so you can self-satisfy; at this point I don't think there's anything else we plan to do here, sorry. And TBH I don't really understand what the big deal is that's resulted in you submitting quite so many bug reports about different angles of this. Is it *really* so hard to just hit the left arrow key once?
Comment 2 David 2023-04-05 16:04:51 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> So just hit the left arrow key once to highlight "Shut Down" and *then* hit
> the return key? It'll take you a quarter of a second. We've already made new
> actions for Plasma 6 that you can bind Ctrl+Alt+Del to to pre-highlight
> something else so you can self-satisfy; at this point I don't think there's
> anything else we plan to do here, sorry. And TBH I don't really understand
> what the big deal is that's resulted in you submitting quite so many bug
> reports about different angles of this. Is it *really* so hard to just hit
> the left arrow key once?

Yes, thanks, the new shortcuts solve the issue for me.

However, other people use the launcher menu buttons or the Ctrl+Alt+Del shortcut, which in MS windows is for restart.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-04-06 20:48:44 UTC
Git commit 4a14559a0562e1bbf59947947c5454a133cc7606 by Nate Graham.
Committed on 06/04/2023 at 20:48.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

Make "Shut down" the default logout option

When pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del, the power button, or one of the remaining
"Leave" actions, you'll see the logout screen with the default logout
action selected. Currently that default action is "Log Out."

Most people use single-user machines for which "Shut down" is probably a
better default setting. For this reason, switch to Shut Down as the
default action in the logout screen when invoking it from Ctrl+Alt+Del,
the power button, or one of the remaining "Leave" actions.
FIXED-IN: 6.0

M  +1    -1    ksmserver/logout.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/commit/4a14559a0562e1bbf59947947c5454a133cc7606