Question

"Notes" searchable in app, but not extension

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
January 27, 2025
3 replies
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I've noticed that text entered under the "Notes" section is indexed/searchable using the 1Password desktop application, however the text is not searchable within the extension. For example, searching for a specific text will yield 4 results in the extension, and 2 additional results in the 1Password application.

Is this a known limitation? Thank you for reading!

1Password Version: 8.10.58
Extension Version: 8.10.58.41
OS Version: macOS 15.2
Browser: Chrome

Browser Extension

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

Hello @almabuena! 👋

Thank you for reaching out. The 1Password desktop application has a more comprehensive search tool that will search through more fields than 1Password in the browser. The results that you're seeing sound expected however I've filed a feature request on your behalf to have the team look into bringing consistency to the search experience (including the ability to search notes) between the desktop app and the browser extension.

Thank you for the feedback!

-Dave

ref: PB-45951451

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almabuenaAuthor

Thank you Dave!

bill_ds

I'd like to up-vote this feature request.
It erodes my confidence in 1Password when I can't find login credentials using the browser extension because the keyword searched for is in the Notes field and not the Title field. Polluting the Title field with key words is an unacceptable workaround to this limitation.

1P_Timothy

Community Manager

Hi @bill_ds, thanks for sharing your interest in expanded search capabilities in the 1Password extension.

I'm curious about the keyword system you're employing to search for items. Could you share a bit more about how you're using keywords, and the sort of scenario where you would search for a keyword instead of an item name typically? While I can't promise the search behaviour will be changed, I'd be happy to include that feedback in a feature request. Thanks again!

bill_ds

Hi @1P_Timothy ,
Yes. For example, my pharmacy is Express Scripts. In the Notes field I have several keywords: pharmacy, medicine, drugs, Rx, etc.
In the standalone app, I can pull up the Login record by just typing 'rx,' or any other keyword.
In the browser, the extension can't find the record unless I type the name in the title.

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