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July 8, 2022
Question

Drag and Drop to Login Dialog

  • July 8, 2022
  • 4 replies
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How do I drag and drop the username and password to a login dialog? I do not wish to copy and paste for security reasons. I used to do this in 1PW7 by pinning the mini.


1Password Version: 8.7.3
Extension Version: 2.3.6
OS Version: macOS 12.4
Browser:_ Safari

4 replies

1Password Employee
July 11, 2022

Hi @Carroll

Have you tried filling this login using ⌘\?

If that doesn't work, you can open an item in a new window by following these steps:

  1. Press ⇧ ⌘ Space to open Quick Access.
  2. Search for an item.
  3. Press ⌘O to open the item in a new window.

I hope that helps!

Ben

CarrollAuthor
July 18, 2022

Thanks Ben

⌘\ doesn't work.

So my workflow seems to be
1) Find the item in favorites and click on the URL
2) ⌘-tab to return to the item in 1P
3) ⌘-o to re-open in new window
4) Click on 1P main window
5) ⌘-m to minimize main window
6) Drag User Name and Password

Any suggestions?

Carroll

1Password Employee
July 18, 2022

@Carroll

I'm sorry to hear we still haven't hit it out of the park here.

⌘\ doesn't work.

To confirm: in 1Password > Settings > General is the Autofill shortcut set to ⌘\ (the default)? Does it not work at all with any app/websites, or just not with this specific one?

So my workflow seems to be
1) Find the item in favorites and click on the URL
2) ⌘-tab to return to the item in 1P
3) ⌘-o to re-open in new window
4) Click on 1P main window
5) ⌘-m to minimize main window
6) Drag User Name and Password

Any suggestions?

That sounds a lot longer than

Press ⇧ ⌘ Space to open Quick Access.
Search for an item.
Press ⌘O to open the item in a new window.

Have you tried those steps?

Ben

CarrollAuthor
July 19, 2022

Hi Ben,

Thanks for clarifying.

My autofill shortcut is ⌘4, and it has never filled these login dialogs.

I prefer finding the item in favorites, instead of searching for it.

However your suggestion has shown me how to shorten the process:
1) Find item in favorites and click on it
2) ⌘O to re-open in new window
3) Click on URL
4) Drag User Name and Password

This works for all of my login dialogs except this one: https://my-account.indigodomo.net. For this one I have to: 3) Click on website drop-down and select “Open” rather than simply clicking on the URL. This is a change from 1P7.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,

Carroll