Question

Can we get 1st-party support for keyboard shortcuts?

Forum|Forum|2 months ago
April 29, 2026
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Now that the interface to edit/set keyboard shortcuts has been removed from 1Password running under Wayland, It would be preferable if the installation package made the shortcuts available to configure by default, rather than https://support.1password.com/keyboard-shortcuts/?linux#wayland. I wrote about this before under a blog of post yours, but it was ignored.

It's trivial to add Desktop Action sections to your existing launcher file, and reference them in an Actions= directive:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=1Password
Exec=/opt/1Password/1password %U
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=1password
StartupWMClass=1Password
Comment=Password manager and secure wallet
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/onepassword;x-scheme-handler/onepassword8;
Categories=Office;
Actions=Show;QuickAccess;Lock;Fill;

[Desktop Action Show]
Name=Show 1Password
Icon=window-symbolic
Exec=1password --show

[Desktop Action QuickAccess]
Name=Show Quick Access
Icon=search-symbolic
Exec=1password --quick-access

[Desktop Action Lock]
Name=Lock 1Password
Icon=lock-symbolic
Exec=1password --show

[Desktop Action Fill]
Name=Fill in Browser
Icon=web-browser-symbolic
Exec=1password --fill

Putting a symlink to this expanded .desktop file under /usr/share/kglobalaccel/ makes those keyboard shortcuts appear in KDE Plasma's Settings app:

roy_orbisonAuthor

I don't have GNOME to test with, but I assume defining default actions for it would be as easy.

(BTW, I couldn't edit the original because the content I already posted is suddenly blocked as "invalid HTML".)

roy_orbisonAuthor

@1P_Dave Thanks for responding to my previous bug report thread. Could the 1Password team please not let this become another overlooked trivial fix like the APT update bug? It was a tiny, easy fix and took years to address, causing users a disproportionate amount of annoyance.

The last automatic update of 1Password wiped out keyboard shortcuts, again. These Actions are https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry/latest-single/#extra-actions, so should work in all DEs that implement them, including GNOME. As it stands, I'll have to check if 1Password has been updated, or not do automatic updates, so that I can re-sync the installed 1password.desktop file with my modified copy, before I next log in, otherwise they'll be wiped each time. Having no shortcuts to open 1Pass is a massive hindrance.

A

akano

I would also appreciate this easy win, I've been manually maintaining a copy at `~/.local/share/applications/1password.desktop` to add the actions.

roy_orbisonAuthor

Every update is wiping out these shortcuts. Here it is in patch form, so you really have no excuse not to fix this:

--- a/resources/1password.desktop
+++ b/resources/1password.desktop
@@ -7,4 +7,25 @@
 StartupWMClass=1Password
 Comment=Password manager and secure wallet
 MimeType=x-scheme-handler/onepassword;
 Categories=Office;
+Actions=Show;QuickAccess;Lock;Fill;
+
+[Desktop Action Show]
+Name=Show 1Password
+Icon=window-symbolic
+Exec=/opt/1Password/1password --show
+
+[Desktop Action QuickAccess]
+Name=Show Quick Access
+Icon=search-symbolic
+Exec=/opt/1Password/1password --quick-access
+
+[Desktop Action Lock]
+Name=Lock 1Password
+Icon=lock-symbolic
+Exec=/opt/1Password/1password --show
+
+[Desktop Action Fill]
+Name=Fill in Browser
+Icon=web-browser-symbolic
+Exec=/opt/1Password/1password --fill

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