Paste without Paste? Fake Keyboard Input.

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There are situations where paste is unavailable. I run into it often with virtual consoles and remote keyboard/monitor/mouse adapters. The interface doesn't support copy/paste into or out of the UI. I understand the lack of copy, often the UI is a graphical representation of a screen and not actual text. But the lack of paste causes issues, especially with complex passwords and short timeouts.

Would it be possible for 1Password to pretend to be a human interface device, or just perform an text entry on behalf of the user? Something like "type the password for me in 10 seconds" or "in 5 second types the username, enter, the password, and enter" long enough so I can change windows and then let 1Password type for me?

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Pinned Reply By 1P_Dave

@sschluntz

Thank you for the feedback! I’ve filed both feature requests (additional customization over auto-type in Windows, as well as bringing auto-type to macOS) with our product team. While I can’t make any promises, they’ll look into potentially adding these feature to our roadmap in the future.

For the time being, you can read more about auto-type on Windows here: Use Auto-Type in apps and browsers on your Windows PC

-Dave

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prose.dev

Until 1Password supports this, a typing tool covers it. I'm the developer of Prose, a free Windows app that types text as keystrokes into consoles and login screens that don't accept paste. It never saves what it types and sends nothing anywhere, which matters for passwords. Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V types the clipboard into the active window.

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