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February 25, 2022
Question

Easy two-way linking of related items (suggestion)

  • February 25, 2022
  • 34 replies
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I understand that linking related items is one-way by default, but the majority of the time, I want to have 2 way links. Creating two way links is a bit tedious. I first go to create the first link which involved editing the item, adding a related item field, searching for the related item, and then saving the edits. Then I use that link to go to the related item and repeat the same steps to edit that item. If I'm making a lot of links (say to a new credit card), then it can be easy to miss one.

How about adding a button when editing that says "make link 2-way" (or something to that effect). Where the yellow box is in the following image:

Alternatively, when I go to choose the related item on the second item to make the reverse link you would add a "suggested links".

Though the later options sounds more annoying to implement given that you'd have to find the link that points the opposite direction first in order to suggest it.


1Password Version: 8.5.0
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: Windows 10 21H2

34 replies

1P_PeterG
Community Manager
March 1, 2022

Hi @tmakaro, thanks for this suggestion! This could be a neat idea. I'll pass your suggestion on to the development team as a potential area of improvement - thanks for offering your thoughts on how we could do this better! 😄

ref: IDEA-I-425

March 6, 2022

Came here to request the same, glad to note that it’s under consideration

Jack_P_1P
1Password Employee
March 9, 2022

Hey @abdc:

Thanks for chiming in! I've added your thoughts to the idea Peter mentioned above. 🙂

Jack

March 16, 2022

+1 for two-way linking. I love the linking feature, but I hardly ever use the feature because I loathe having to create the link twice. With an option to create a two-way link I would use this feature way more.

1P_PeterG
Community Manager
March 16, 2022

Consider the vote counted, @ConnorB! We appreciate your feedback here.

March 23, 2022

Found this while looking for a different feature.
+1 for "make 2-way" suggestion
+1 for "suggested links"

1P_PeterG
Community Manager
March 23, 2022

Thank you @stritch000! Your vote has been counted. 🙌

November 9, 2022

I would also like 2-way linking to be easier. See also https://1password.community/discussion/131407/linking-items-back-and-forth noted by @AliH1P

ag_mike_d
1Password Employee
November 9, 2022

Hi @GeoffLawrence,

Thanks for your vote here and passing along the related discussion. I've let the team know this is a feature you'd like to see make it into 1Password. 👍

ref: IDEA-I-425

darrenkidd
May 10, 2023

I would love 2-way links too. My use case is for addresses, credit cards, mobile numbers, anything that changes over time. I currently can quite easily link an online account to say the credit card(s) registered with it. However, if those cards are compromised or expired, I'd love to be able to do a reverse lookup by going to the credit card item, and then finding all of the accounts that link back to it. That gives me a great TODO list of places I need to update. Rinse and repeat for changing phone and address when moving countries etc.