It should be noted that I'm on Arch though so I may not be able to be so helpful with this bug report any more. However we do have Anthy here and the same issue. But I do remember experiencing on Ubuntu what the other bug you link is describing.
** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Tags added: artful ** Tags added: bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1566357 Title: Unable to type passwords with non-English/non-Latin input source Status in GNOME Shell: Confirmed Status in Ubuntu GNOME: Confirmed Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I recently found that I am unable to type using the "Japanese (Anthy)" input source in password fields in gnome-shell. That is I am unable to type using it (I just get English) on the login screen in the password field (though I haven't tried the username field), I am unable to type using it in the graphical prompts for authentication, and I am unable to type using it when setting a new password through the gnome- control-center. I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18 but have also experienced this issue with Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 with GNOME 3.18 as well as with GNOME 3.20. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1566357/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp