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New [CLIENT] Opening But Not Focusing, Causing U To Write U Password Somewhere U Didnt Intend To

Anqvist··24 votes·6,414 views

E: Just noticed the dumb error in the title, welp. Was out of letters anyways :p

Here is my reddit post on the subject

As someone who writes a relatively long password, very quickly, it sometimes occurs that I write my password somewhere I didn't intend to, simply because the client pops up, as it should, but doesn't actually "Focus", causing the person to write the Password in the previously open chat room (Or comment section, or whatever) Can be YouTube comments, Discord, Skype, Twitch Chat - A lot of public places, some less so. Can also be your word document though, and in that case it probably doesn't matter.

It has happened to me twice, once in twitch chat, another in discord. Changed the password when I wrote it in Twitch chat, was a relatively small stream and I know most of the viewers so I'm not very worried, and the message in Discord was deleted after about 3 seconds, so I'm not worried about that either - What I'm worried about is this happening to people who are less fortunate.

It happens when you are writing somewhere, could even happen to me as I'm writing this, then you open your client, and you "forget" to click on the client (That causes it to focus, but since the old one was automatically in focus, this isn't a habit) you end up writing your password, and you don't notice that it actually didn't write anything, until you realise the client isn't loading you in, and then realise you just wrote your super secret password in PewDiePie's YouTube comments, or whatever, right. I think this is an issue. I'm done here. : ^)

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21 Comments

RiotRiotFollyOfDan3 votes

Hello, can you describe your machine specs and what you were doing when this occurs? ie: did you start the client, then alt tab away while it is loading? If you can be very specific about the timing, that would be great. And by that, I mean are you switching applications while the splash screen is up, or after the client window has opened and is showing the loading spinner? We're having trouble reproducing this bug on our end.

Supreme Senpai692 votes

I had this happen awhile back. I can't provide the exact details but figured every lil bit might help.

I had skype open and was talking to a friend. Er, typing to a friend I suppose. Then I opened league and it remembered my username so I didn't have to click anything. The little bar was on my password and blinking, skype was minimized, and league was the only thing up/open on my desktop. I typed the password in and hit enter, and it sent it on skype

Mono Hearted1 votes

Hello! This happened to me. I currently have an ASUS Rog G752 laptop. I do not remember the specifics of what I did to cause it, however. I believe I alt-tabbed out while the client was loading and then tabbed back in afterwards (this is what I usually do.)

I also think this might actually be a problem with Skype, as "Revan Senpai" mentioned under me, as mine also typed into Skype, but only as a nickname for a friend (luckily).

Kei1431 votes

Oh, I can 100% repro this.

  1. have league launch from the task menu bar (actually, double clicking the icon from desktop works as well)
  2. LoL logo pops up
  3. alt tab to any other program before the splash art screen is up.
  4. wait (can be typing, can be watching a video), the splash screen will pop up
  5. without clicking on anything in the client, the focus will still be on the previous screens and not on the client (even though visually the client is on the top)

I use the following specs:

http://imgur.com/a/0vsA9

Anrui1 votes

I've had the same issue on multiple occasions (I've written my password in twitch chat by accident too). It happens every time I open the client to be honest. The client opens and all but it does not focus on the login (similar to how the legacy client does), so you start typing and press enter and turns out it was all a prank

Anqvist1 votes

It happens for me personally, when I doubleclick the icon on my desktop, then go into another program or typing tool, and make the pc focus on that, then the client opens up but it doesn't focus on the client, and I'd keep writing where I was writing previously. Sorry for the late reply.

E: About my specs, my system says: https://gyazo.com/89f121e50d333f278db53d93761ac9e9 , I'm using windows 7 and my graphics card is AMD (in 2k17 LUL) Idk much else, sorry :(

E2: Here's a new screenshot, probably more precise. though idk: https://gyazo.com/5c68bd2625231209052384cee61aafb0

Warlord Zudane1 votes

Can second this, had the same problem myself earlier.

Agentawesome91 votes

This has happened to me several times

Skadeglädje1 votes

This is a standing joke in our Discord chat by now... I think at least four of us have done it.

BallbagTigerfish1 votes

Happened to me earlier this week.

Raven Redeemed1 votes

Happens to me too.

Glory ln Death1 votes

This happens for legacy, as well. It isn't specific to the new client.

Jesus is Savior1 votes

This is not a League bug, it is a Windows bug.

And it has been around since Windows Vista, with no fix in sight.

The bug: Windows show up in the foreground and don't gain focus - or don't show up in the foreground at all. I've had both instances happen - popups popping up without focus, and popups popping up behind other windows entirely.

Your best bet is to get used to it, or reinstall Windows.

Here's a link (this bug is seven years old - multiple versions of windows - and still not fixed): https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/c7b0e69b-64b7-437d-9f7b-dde53de6a0a8/new-window-opens-behind-existing-window-how-to-modify?forum=w7itproui

SulkyJoe1 votes

Is the bug randomly occuring, or happens every time. Because I only just started getting this with the LoL client in the last week or two, after having it be fine for years of use.

Jesus is Savior1 votes

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Is the bug randomly occuring, or happens every time. Because I only just started getting this with the LoL client in the last week or two, after having it be fine for years of use.

Random.

Sometimes i open up my password manager and the popup to type in my master password will appear behind 10 times in a row. Sometimes it will appear in front 9/10 times, and only fail 1/10.

SulkyJoe1 votes

Well then I would assume these are 2 similar, but different bugs happening. Yours as you said, seems to be a bug with Windows itself, not the LoL client.

However, I don't have this issue with any other program aside from the LoL client in the last few weeks, which happens every time now, which would point to it being a bug with the LoL client.

MagikarpIsBoss1 votes

This literally just happened yesterday. Thank god it was at a time where no one was online, but i randomly typed my password in my discord server because it did this. I only use this password for League anyway and they didn't know my username. However, this would have been devastating if they realized and decided to fuck with my account.

SulkyJoe1 votes

I did the same thing, but was lucky enough too with having nobody see it. You can also delete messages on discord btw if you haven't done it yet

AdeBug1 votes

It's been like this since forever, annoying to not steal focus, or just flash yellow as 100% of (well at least windows) apps that change their state to the one where user input is required.

This also goes for being in queue and accepting a match, with low or no sound on. However when you missed the accept, THEN it flashes, very useful indeed. This also goes for being in champ select and picking/banning, with low or no sound on. A flash of the client window would be so helpful instead of -3lp, if you're alt tabbed for any reason, like looking for a counter pick, or are just bored AF looking at the most idiotic trend ever: picking/banning at second ZERO. Once that starts, 1+ sheep will always follow.

SulkyJoe1 votes

I have had this recently too. You click on the button to launch LoL, then right after, click on whatever program you are running in the background (i.e. a web browser), and once the client loads, it pops up above the web browser. You go to type your password in, but it types it into whatever you had selected in the web browser, and you actually have to click on the LoL client to be able to type into it.

Happens every time I load it currently

E: Running Windows 8 on a Dell inspiron laptop

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