[plasma/plasma-workspace] lookandfeel/components: sessionmanagementscreen: support adding an authentication type selector

Git commit d5826776349a182de1ca277925770bd5bf22cfcb by Harald Sitter.
Committed on 18/08/2026 at 11:16.
Pushed by sitter into branch 'master'.

sessionmanagementscreen: support adding an authentication type selector

or really inject anything above the notificationsLabel :D

useful for letting the user select which auth type (face, smart card...)
they want to use

M  +16   -0    lookandfeel/components/SessionManagementScreen.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/d5826776349a182de1ca277925770bd5bf22cfcb

diff --git a/lookandfeel/components/SessionManagementScreen.qml b/lookandfeel/components/SessionManagementScreen.qml
index 9cdad309ee..3e72f2e82d 100644
--- a/lookandfeel/components/SessionManagementScreen.qml
+++ b/lookandfeel/components/SessionManagementScreen.qml
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ FocusScope {
 
     property real fontSize: Kirigami.Theme.defaultFont.pointSize + 2
 
+    /*
+     * The item used to indicate the type of authentication required, e.g. a password or fingerprint icon.
+     */
+    property Item authenticationTypeItem: null
+
     default property alias _children: innerLayout.children
 
     signal userSelected()
@@ -98,6 +103,17 @@ FocusScope {
         anchors.left: parent.left
         anchors.right: parent.right
         anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
+
+        RowLayout {
+            Layout.maximumWidth: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 16
+            Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            Layout.fillHeight: false
+            Layout.topMargin: Kirigami.Units.largeSpacing
+            spacing: 0
+            children: [root.authenticationTypeItem]
+        }
+
         PlasmaComponents3.Label {
             id: notificationsLabel
             font.pointSize: root.fontSize