log in with keyboard on matlab R2018a not working no keys show on dialog

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bring up matlab gui and click log in link in top left corner and dialog comes up but can't use keyboard?
running ubuntu 17.10
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Rogier Delporte
Rogier Delporte on 13 Mar 2019
OK, I have a, admittedly VERY buggy workaround/symptom: as long as the addon explorer or the sign in window are not the top window, you can type in the textboxes.
So you open the sign in window with the button, put your cursor in the textbox, click on a different window and then you can type in or copy paste in your text.
Can anyone confirm that the bug has this quirky behaviour for them as well?
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DGM
DGM on 18 Jan 2022
This is a longstanding bug
it affects a number of things. The workarounds are frustrating and tedious at best.
Ashraf
Ashraf on 9 Oct 2023
Hello from October 2023. This bug is still around (Fedora 38) and the solution of clicking on a different window first and then going back to sign-in window still works.

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Damien S
Damien S on 18 Jul 2018
Have same problem, solution above does not work. Need help

Si Zhang
Si Zhang on 20 Jul 2018
my matlab couldn't even show the login and add-ons dialog. After I follow the https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/364551-why-is-matlab-unable-to-run-the-matlabwindow-application-on-linux, it was fixed. But the new problem is that I cant type anything in the login dialog. I'm using ubuntu 18.4 and matlab 2018a.

Samuel Bechara
Samuel Bechara on 19 Aug 2018
I am having the same problem. This is especially frustrating when trying to use Appdesigner. It won't let me type using the keyboard. I can sometimes work around this by opening the help dialogue, typing a few letters in THAT input box, then going back to Appdesigner. It doesn't ALWAYS work though. Super frustrating.
This seems to be a Linux problem. I am using Manjaro 18 (I know it isn't supported) and MATLAB R2018a

Edwin Miller
Edwin Miller on 27 Apr 2018
"log in" link in very top right corner shows this dialog box , but can't type into either input field, however the sign-in button works

Edwin Miller
Edwin Miller on 27 Apr 2018
yup that worked and now i can type into either username or password via the keyboard after the initial cntl-shift V into username
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 28 Apr 2018
I have a vague memory that I encountered a similar situation before, but unfortunately I do not remember the cause.

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Edwin Miller
Edwin Miller on 28 Apr 2018
i'm having problems also in help browser but just do shift-ctrl V and then you can imput in the editbox

Damien S
Damien S on 18 Jul 2018
I am trying to install a toolbox I just bought...

Evgenii Semenov
Evgenii Semenov on 11 Sep 2018
I'm experiencing the same problem on archlinux. The workaround I have found is rather odd: I forgot about the open login window and after a while I was able to type in.

Rogier Delporte
Rogier Delporte on 13 Mar 2019
I'm having the same problem, I do sometimes get a fluke where I can add a couple of letters, but it's so intermittent that I cannot log in.
I've tried setting aside the libraries mentioned in https://nl.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/364551-why-is-matlab-unable-to-run-the-matlabwindow-application-on-linux, but that did not help at all.
I'm running Ubuntu 18.10, kernel 4.18.0-16-generic, MATLAB version 9.5.0.944444 (R2018b).
I suspect that the following console output may be a clue:
A Parser-blocking, cross site (i.e. different eTLD+1) script, https://assets.adobedtm.com/d0cc0600946eb3957f703b9fe43c3590597a8c2c/mbox-contents-95c6a4d9c82a8d20476522984666120b54192e9b.js, is invoked via document.write. The network request for this script MAY be blocked by the browser in this or a future page load due to poor network connectivity. If blocked in this page load, it will be confirmed in a subsequent console message.See https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5718547946799104 for more details.
A Parser-blocking, cross site (i.e. different eTLD+1) script, https://assets.adobedtm.com/d0cc0600946eb3957f703b9fe43c3590597a8c2c/mbox-contents-95c6a4d9c82a8d20476522984666120b54192e9b.js, is invoked via document.write. The network request for this script MAY be blocked by the browser in this or a future page load due to poor network connectivity. If blocked in this page load, it will be confirmed in a subsequent console message.See https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5718547946799104 for more details.
A Parser-blocking, cross site (i.e. different eTLD+1) script, https://assets.adobedtm.com/d0cc0600946eb3957f703b9fe43c3590597a8c2c/scripts/satellite-5672ffbd64746d5bd3002853.js, is invoked via document.write. The network request for this script MAY be blocked by the browser in this or a future page load due to poor network connectivity. If blocked in this page load, it will be confirmed in a subsequent console message.See https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5718547946799104 for more details.
A Parser-blocking, cross site (i.e. different eTLD+1) script, https://assets.adobedtm.com/d0cc0600946eb3957f703b9fe43c3590597a8c2c/scripts/satellite-5672ffbd64746d5bd3002853.js, is invoked via document.write. The network request for this script MAY be blocked by the browser in this or a future page load due to poor network connectivity. If blocked in this page load, it will be confirmed in a subsequent console message.See https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5718547946799104 for more details.
It's something to do with slow connections. I am, however, on a very stable and broadband connection here at my university.
Does anyone get a similar output when running the following?
cd(matlabroot)
cd bin/glnxa64
!./MATLABWindow -url=http://mathworks.com --disable-gpu
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Rogier Delporte
Rogier Delporte on 13 Mar 2019
Edited: Rogier Delporte on 13 Mar 2019
I also took a peek in my log files (using the gnome logs application, it's actually the /var/log/syslog file) and I found the following log message concerning matlab:
Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x6e00003 (MATLABWind)

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Nick Ivanov
Nick Ivanov on 14 Apr 2021
This has become the last drop for me to permanently switch to Python, which I am very happy with.

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