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December 12, 2022
Question

Safari stealing focus

  • December 12, 2022
  • 36 replies
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Hi! Something strange is happening since a while. Safari has begun frequently stealing focus. After some investigation it seems that it's tied to the 1Password extension (I don't have any proof yet, but when disabling it the issue is not present). It seems to happen when a website perform an auto refresh. If I'm on another virtual desktop, it scrolls to the one containing Safari, bringing it to front. You can imagine how disturbing it is. I don't have any other extension loaded in Safari.

Am I the only one?

Thanks!


1Password Version: 8.9.10
Extension Version: 2.4.1
OS Version: macOS 13.0.1
Browser:_ Safari

36 replies

steph_giles
1Password Employee
October 26, 2023

Hey @kakslash,

I'm sorry for the trouble, our team are working to improve this and I have added you as an affected user to the internal issue.

Are you unlocking 1Password by using a keyboard shortcut? Is the behaviour improved if you manually open 1Password and unlock it?

Apologies again for the disruption!

ref: dev/core/core#22735

October 29, 2023

Hello @steph_giles

I have also the same problem since a long time (and just lived with it, despite the annoyance).
I often use the cli tool that unlocks via touchID (either directly on the Terminal or by calling from a Clojure Repl in Intellij). Safari then either flashes or pops in front of all windows.

I just tried the workaround above (disabling the integration with the 1Password App) and it seems to work. However unlocking via TouchID is no more possible in Safari (the extension asks for my password).

Can you also add me to the list of affected people? I'd like to know when this is solved.
Thank you! ;)

October 29, 2023

I’ve also had this issue for months. As mentioned above, also just live with the annoyance. But if it helps raise the priority/impact of this bug, you can add me to the affected list, too.

November 8, 2023

After a few days of use, unfortunately, the workaround does not really work. The focus steeling seems to be less frequent, but did not disappear.

November 9, 2023

This is also happening to me, and it is very annoying. Please add me to the list of annoyed and "to be kept informed" users.

Kentzo
November 29, 2023

I believe I have the similar issue:

  1. 1Password is Locked
  2. Bring the Quick Access window via a shortcut, I'm presented with the macOS unlocking dialog
  3. Use my Apple Watch to unlock
  4. After the unlock Safari is brought to the foreground stealing focus from the app where I planned to log in.
December 1, 2023

I am also having this issue. The bigger problem I have with 1Password 8 is that its behavior is not deterministic at all. For example, if I use the keyboar shortcut to login to a website, nothing happens. If I execute the same keyboard command again immediately, it will fill the username and password fields in the browser and log me in. There are other example of non-deterministic behavior. This is maddening when using a computer program. If I can't depend on its behavior it makes the product a chore to use, when it used to be a pleasure 100% of the time.

1Password Employee
December 6, 2023

Hello, @stanhbb, @1bvr, @npdaaa, @Kentzo, @frankly. Thanks for writing in.

I've added you all as affected users to our internal reporting and I apologize for the inconvenience.

@frankly, it sounds like you're encountering a separate issue as well with Universal Autofill. I recommend sending an email to mailto:support+forum@1Password.com so that our support team can help you.

Looking forward to hearing back!

ref: dev/core/core#22735

sciascia
January 15, 2024

I too have had this issue for months. Safari seems to come to the fore when logging-in to 1Password from Chrome, or Safari just comes to the front for no reason (that I can tell).

Out of curiosity, I seem to have two 1Passwords in /Applications '1Password.app' and '1Password for Safari.app'. Are both needed or is '1Password for Safari.app' causing conflicts?

Cheers, Ben

  • MacOS 13.6.3
  • 1Password for Mac 8.10.1 (81001033)
1P_Dave
1Password Employee
January 15, 2024

@sciascia

I'm sorry that you're seeing the same issue, I've let our developers know that you're also affected.

Out of curiosity, I seem to have two 1Passwords in /Applications '1Password.app' and '1Password for Safari.app'. Are both needed or is '1Password for Safari.app' causing conflicts?

1Password is the desktop application while 1Password for Safari is our browser extension for Safari. It's normal to have both and I recommend that you continue to keep both installed on your Mac so that you have access to both the desktop app as well as filling and saving in Safari.

-Dave