{"id":12,"date":"2018-10-02T19:06:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T02:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angrysysadmins.tech\/?p=12"},"modified":"2018-12-09T22:20:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T05:20:41","slug":"microsoft-please-add-ctrlu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angrysysadmins.tech\/index.php\/2018\/10\/bailey\/microsoft-please-add-ctrlu\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft: Please Add Ctrl+u Like Linux Has"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When typing a password in on Linux, one can pretty Ctrl+u to clear the field and start over. This is extremely useful, especially when entering a long password or passphrase.

From what I have been able to determine, Windows has no equivalent to this, and it is extremely inconvenient. Microsoft, please add Ctrl+u or some other hot key that does the same thing to your password forms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ctrl+u is super useful, which means Windows doesn’t have it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[6,7,4,5],"coauthors":[37],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rant","category-windows","tag-linux","tag-microsoft","tag-rant","tag-windows"],"yoast_head":"\nMicrosoft: Please Add Ctrl+u Like Linux Has - Angry Sysadmins<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/angrysysadmins.tech\/index.php\/2018\/10\/bailey\/microsoft-please-add-ctrlu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Microsoft: Please Add Ctrl+u Like Linux Has - Angry Sysadmins\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ctrl+u is super useful, which means Windows doesn't have it.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/angrysysadmins.tech\/index.php\/2018\/10\/bailey\/microsoft-please-add-ctrlu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Angry Sysadmins\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-03T02:06:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-12-10T05:20:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cat Kasin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cat Kasin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/angrysysadmins.tech\\\/index.php\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/bailey\\\/microsoft-please-add-ctrlu\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/angrysysadmins.tech\\\/index.php\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/bailey\\\/microsoft-please-add-ctrlu\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cat Kasin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/angrysysadmins.tech\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/151b2d23439b55b970060836f317a14d\"},\"headline\":\"Microsoft: Please Add Ctrl+u Like Linux Has\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-03T02:06:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-10T05:20:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/angrysysadmins.tech\\\/index.php\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/bailey\\\/microsoft-please-add-ctrlu\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":77,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Linux\",\"Microsoft\",\"Rant\",\"Windows\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Rant\",\"Windows\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/angrysysadmins.tech\\\/index.php\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/bailey\\\/microsoft-please-add-ctrlu\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/angrysysadmins.tech\\\/index.php\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/bailey\\\/microsoft-please-add-ctrlu\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/angrysysadmins.tech\\\/index.php\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/bailey\\\/microsoft-please-add-ctrlu\\\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft: Please Add Ctrl+u Like Linux Has - 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