1PW8 - Missing Category view in left bar

Thanks so much for all the feedback folks! I wrote a reply about the re-organization of the sidebar recently here (we merged threads so they're all together now, this is in the first page of what is now this thread):

https://1password.community/discussion/comment/607327/#Comment_607327

It explains some of the reasoning behind the decision and some of the research we did around it. Definitely something we'll continue thinking about and consider how to improve going forward.

As discussed in that post, the previous sidebar had a ton of it's own issues and was a fairly consistent source of confusion for a lot of folks ever since the release of 1Password 7. This change was our attempt to remedy that and make it simpler and easier to understand how our vaults, tags, and categories work. In most of our user testing so far it was regarded very well overall, but obviously some of you disagree and we will take that into account. We are never finished trying to improve things and will keep an eye on this, thanks again, greatly appreciated!

+1 for Categories back in sidebar. Select a new vault, Categories change when selecting a new vault, simple.

I opened that thread and I didn't change my mind. Although using the app now since weeks - I still miss that a lot!! Bring it back!

Thank you both for the feedback, noted as well. :+1:

+1 ... the sidebar is where the categories belong.

Yes Categories in sidebar for me too. Also preferred in when "open in new (floating) window" was more accessible (maybe a button where the Feedback button is now?)

Thank you all for the feedback, noted :+1:

huffalumpy, rwakeford:

I have let our developers know that you would both like the categories in the sidebar better :+1:

ref: dev/core/core#9299

This has been raised a few times and to be honest seems to be falling on deaf ears.
Can't even bulk tag things to make your own side bar categories, from what I can tell.

I have tried to get used to the new method but it requires far too many clicks, particularly when "All Categories" is the one always chosen. I have never used that at all but prefer "Logins" so, maybe, the powers that be can give us a choice so that our preferred category is always shown rather than "All Categories"?