How to stop password from being hidden in the editing environment

Hello @cbw22! 👋

Thank you for reaching out! 1Password 8 hides the password by default in order to help protect against _shoulder surfing attacks _where someone could see your password by looking at your screen. That being said, you can choose to always show passwords by following these steps:

1. Open and unlock 1Password for Mac.
2. Click on 1Password next to the  in the menu bar.
3. Click Settings.
4. Click Security.
5. Check "Always show passwords and full credit card numbers".

However, there's currently a bug where this setting won't apply to the edit view. It's in our developer's backlog to address in the future and I'm sorry for the inconvenience. For now, if you click on the password field while in the edit view then the password will be revealed.

I'm using version 8.10.24 and don't recall this being the case in previous iterations of the program.

Version 8.10.24 is an older version of the app and I recommend that you update to the latest version (8.10.30): How to keep 1Password up to date

Let me know if you have any questions.

-Dave

ref: dev/core/core#12863

dear dave,

thanks for your reply and result.

i guess i ran headlong into your 'bug' as i already have that setting checked.

and i certainly understand the impulse to protect one's data from predators but the inconsistency left me confused....hope your team re-codes this soon.

thanks again.

cheers-

cindy

@cbw22

I'm sorry for the confusion that the issue caused. Hopefully the team is able to bring more consistency to when a password is revealed in the edit view in a future update to 1Password.

Thanks again for reporting the issue. 🙂

-Dave

@cbw22

Thank you for your patience and understanding. Our developers have released a fix for the issue in the latest version of 1Password:

Concealed fields (like password and credit card) are now shown in edit mode when “Always show passwords and full credit card numbers” is turned on in Settings > Security.

Please update to version 8.10.58 or later: How to keep 1Password up to date

-Dave