From d44ed8bb075a88474ea55e0e8fab849d2a2f691c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lenemter <lenemter@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 09:11:32 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] UserCard: fix grayed out username after account creation

---
 src/Cards/UserCard.vala | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Cards/UserCard.vala b/src/Cards/UserCard.vala
index 5f1b491e..4f9a4be3 100644
--- a/src/Cards/UserCard.vala
+++ b/src/Cards/UserCard.vala
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public class Greeter.UserCard : Greeter.BaseCard {
     private Pantheon.AccountsService greeter_act;
     private Pantheon.SettingsDaemon.AccountsService settings_act;
 
+    private Gtk.Label username_label;
     private Gtk.Revealer form_revealer;
     private Gtk.Stack login_stack;
     private Greeter.PasswordEntry password_entry;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public class Greeter.UserCard : Greeter.BaseCard {
     construct {
         need_password = true;
 
-        var username_label = new Gtk.Label (user.real_name) {
+        username_label = new Gtk.Label (user.real_name) {
             hexpand = true,
             margin_top = 24,
             margin_bottom = 12,
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ public class Greeter.UserCard : Greeter.BaseCard {
             margin_end = 24,
         };
         username_label.add_css_class (Granite.STYLE_CLASS_H2_LABEL);
-        user.bind_property ("locked", username_label, "sensitive", SYNC_CREATE | INVERT_BOOLEAN);
 
         password_entry = new Greeter.PasswordEntry ();
         bind_property ("connecting", password_entry, "sensitive", INVERT_BOOLEAN);
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ public class Greeter.UserCard : Greeter.BaseCard {
     }
 
     private void update_is_locked_ui () {
+        // for some reason `user.bind_property ("locked", ...)` doesn't work when creating a new user
+        username_label.sensitive = !user.locked;
+
         if (user.locked) {
             login_stack.visible_child_name = "disabled";
         } else if (need_password) {