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February 15, 2023
Question

Where is Windows App Autofill ? Keepass has it but cant find in 1Password.

  • February 15, 2023
  • 15 replies
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Hello.

Tech Savy 1 Password user here, running a family account. The setup in question is with the 1Password desktop App on Win10.
I have a desktop application that spawns a login screen, which I want to use 1Password to fill.

The login screen does not allow copy and paste of credentials, only manual type - so using 1Password's "click and drag" functions or simple Copy/Paste via Quick Access don't work. It's not in a web browser so browser autofill is also off the table.
I can't find any way to get 1Password to auto-fill to this application.

And yet - downloading a portable version of open-source KeePass has me up and running in on this in about 10 mins. Keepass, free and open source, allows me to target the window and autofill from its own DB.

Keepass works perfectly here, despite being open source and free. Why can't 1Password, which we pay a premium for, do this as well ? The code is literally freely available (depending on whatever KeePass's license is of course). Am I missing the functionality in 1Password somewhere ? Or is there some reason this wasn't implemented ?

It's a pain to have to keep KeePass around for basic functionality (Desktop App Autofill) that 1Password doesnt have. I'd like to use exclusively 1Password. Please advise. Thank you.


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15 replies

ag_mike_d
1Password Employee
February 23, 2023

You're most welcome, @K2342!

April 4, 2023

Hello @ag_mike_d,
I have the same problem with VMware Horizon Client in multiple layers like @K2342. Is there an update to the current development?
I recently switched from KeePass to 1Password and now I have to type my very safe passwords (length and complexity) by hand :(
I would appreciate a solution to this issue very much.

Thank you for your feedback :-)

ag_mike_d
1Password Employee
April 4, 2023

Hello @torsten1de,

Thanks for your message. I don't have any further details to share about a timeline, but added you to our internal issue filed with our team.

We appreciate your patience while the team investigates.

ref: dev/core/core#20007

April 17, 2023

Hello @ag_mike_d - Looking forward and excited to seeing this Universal Autofill option added for Windows as well. Do you happen to have any updates on when this may be added? I tried the type in window command but that seems to only be browser specific and I'm not seeing the option within the quick access menu, only the full 1password desktop app. Thanks for any insight even if it's something you can comment on yet. Will be really nice to be able to use this as a gamer that has multiple games require a log-in that currently requires a bunch of keyboard shortcuts from quick access to get the username and password input within the launcher.

1P_Gem
1Password Employee
April 18, 2023

Hi @Electronic, thanks for reaching out! We don't have any news to share about this at the moment, however you can keep an eye on our release notes to stay up to date with any changes: 1Password Releases - Windows

You can access the Type in window option from Quick Access by using Ctrl + O to open the selected item in a new window, and then clicking the dropdown menu to the right side of credential fields.

If you have any further questions or concerns, let us know 😄