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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_Gem
1Password Employee
May 11, 2023

Hi @darrenkidd, thanks for letting us know that you'd like to see two-way item links as well, and for walking us through your use case! I've gone ahead and filed your feedback with our product team, including all of the details you've provided here.

If you have any further feedback or questions, let me know 😄

ref: 32990287

Bikr
July 19, 2023

+1 on this.

Personally, I always want a two-way link. I can't think of a scenario where I'd only need a one-way link.

My most recent scenario was linking a health savings account (HSA) debit card ("credit card" in 1Password) with my HSA account info entry ("login" in 1Password), so I can quickly go from one to the other. I linked them both ways, but it was twice as much work than if a link was bidirectional by default.

But as long as 2-way is an option, that'd also be an improvement.

ag_mike_d
1Password Employee
July 25, 2023

Hi @Bikr,

Thanks for your +1! I've passed your feedback along to the team by way of a feature request.

Let us know if we can be of further assistance!

ref: PB 34425411

darrenkidd
November 23, 2023

My use case is for addresses, credit cards, mobile numbers, anything that changes over time.

I'm actually going through the exact use case I mentioned above right now. I changed addresses recently. I wish that I'd been able to link all of my accounts to my old address over the past few years, as then I'd have a convenient back-linked TODO list that I could work through to change over to my new address. :(

1P_Gem
1Password Employee
November 23, 2023

Hi @darrenkidd, thanks for reaching back out to let us know about your current situation. I can definitely understand how two-way links would make this type of change much easier to manage, and we do apologise for any inconvenience caused here. I've added these additional details to the feature request on file for the team to see.

If there's anything else we can help with, let us know!

ref: 32990287

December 18, 2023

Another request for this. I've searched for the functionality a few times over the years - really hoping that we could see it added in 2024!

ag_mike_d
1Password Employee
December 21, 2023

Hello @Kitforbes,

Thanks for message and +1 for the a bidirectional linking feature in 1Password. I've sent your request along to the product team.

Please let us know if you have any other suggestions to submit.

ref: PB 37524796

January 13, 2024

I fully agree that 2 way linking is needed. I also just sent as feedback for feature request, but on searching these posts, this has been requested many times since 2017. so @1P_PeterG & @ag_mike_d , this was not a new suggestion to pass on.

prior post links

https://1password.community/discussion/101331/linked-items?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=linked+items

https://1password.community/discussion/81884/feature-request-two-way-batch-item-linking?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=linked+items

https://1password.community/discussion/131407/linking-items-back-and-forth?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=linked+items

https://1password.community/discussion/123064/linking-to-existing-item-suggestion?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=linked+items

https://1password.community/discussion/101331/linked-items?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=link

ag_mike_d
1Password Employee
January 15, 2024

Hello @asrogers - Welcome to the 1Password community!

Thanks for your feedback and passing along those alternate threads. The processes we have used internally to update the product team on customer feature requests has changed a few times since 2017. I can assure you that past requests were moved forward to the current database we are using to house those requests.

While I can't make any promises about features like this making it in to 1Password, the Product team takes all requests and feedback in to consideration when making decisions about adding functionality to the app.

I also just sent as feedback for feature request

Could you confirm that you had sent an email to the us here in Customer Experience at
support@1password.com? If so, could you reply with your Support ID number, so I can help look in to this further? If you've already received a response from the team that your feedback was filed with Product team, we're be all set!

I'm looking forward to your reply.

January 16, 2024

@ag_mike_d
First of all, I very much appreciate the reply. Thank you.
allan

here is the support ID number
Re: [#ZLS-23755-778] Question about 1Password
but it was also about the linking 2 way

Hi Allan,
Thanks for contacting us! I understand that you'd like the link related items feature to create a two-way link.
I can absolutely understand how two-way item links would be more convenient and intuitive than having to manually create two links each time. I've gone ahead and filed a feature request with our Product team on your behalf, including all of the details you've provided here. While I can't make any promises as to if or when this change might be made to 1Password, you can keep an eye on future changes in our release notes here: 1Password Releases
Thanks for taking the time to write in with your suggestion! If you have any further feedback or questions, let me know.
Take care, and have a wonderful week!
Gem Newbold
Customer Support @ 1Password
https://support.1password.com/