1PW8 - missing OTP QR code scanner?

krusnof

Thank you for that screenshot it was very helpful. I was about to ask for one. :chuffed: The team is investigating further. Thank you for reporting this.

That's when you're locked screen

krusnof

I've brought this up to the team for further review.

I tried it—bugs. After scanning a code it continues to "observe the screen" as indicated by macOS security. I had to quit the app for it to stop... even lock screen. cc 1P_PeterG

Thanks! Looking forward to trying it

Hey folks! QR code scanning has arrived in the latest Beta of 1Password 8 😀

You can find the details here.

Thank you telephoneman2 @Tales @Frank_Louwers DenalB viswiz krusnof snozdop @Flipflip79 @Seeee for contributing the conversation here, and helping us make 1Password 8 stronger yet. We hope you enjoy the update!

dteare I'm using a two monitor system (macOS if it matters) with 1PW most of the time on the smaller monitor at the right hand side. Whenever I create an account or just a password I use the main application and not the browser extension. The main reason is that I would like to add additional data like notes, attachments immediately because later on I might forget to add this data. This worked up to and including 1PW7. In 1PW8 this still works as long as the created account doesn't offfer OTP or any other code that requires qr code scanning.
Version now forces me to create a new account in the browser extension or at least scan the qr code within the extension. If I'm not mistaken the extension doesn't support to edit all account fields and I'm now have to use both the extension and the main app for a workflow that previously just required one of them.

dteare Perhaps, for whatever reason, someone doesn't want to install the browser extension; or maybe it is a work computer that doesn't allow for browser extensions; or maybe someone's preferred browser doesn't support the 1Password browser extension. There are a ton of potential scenarios where having the QR code builtin to the main 1P app makes a ton of sense.

As such, I think the better question is, why not have it available in both the browser extension and the main app?

That's a good point. In addition to your 2FA banner idea in item details, perhaps while editing an OTP secret we should show a QR Code icon that has a tooltip that highlights how to do this in the browser. That could be pretty nice.

Would that help everyone in this thread or is there other use cases we're not considering? 🤔

++dave;
1Password Founder