Add the Search Icon or add a shortcut.

Hey 1P_Dave thank you for passing along the info. To answer your question a swipe down may work. I can’t visualize how it would work well because most of the pages in the 1Password app need to be scrolled to view all info. Where as with iOS that gesture is only on a screen where you don’t scroll down. So I just don’t see it working well, especially for re-searching/searching again. I could be wrong, I’d have to see a preview.

I’d still really like an answer on why this change was made. Without an explanation it seems like 1Password made a decision that negatively affects user experience in a silo. Which is odd because 1Password Markerts how much they are an experience/apps build around users.

Thanks for the support nycyclist

I agree with the comments above. I use search all the time, but Watchtower rarely. It’s so much easier to open search from the bottom of the screen. That of course is where the keyboard is located. And Apple notably moved their search bar to the bottom of Safari a few years ago.

birchmeier

Thank you for the feedback, I've shared it with the team. One of our Product Designers had this to say:

We're exploring an interaction to allow you to swipe down to activate search, e.g. like you would to access Spotlight search on iOS.

Would something like this fit your needs? I've made sure to file your suggestions regardless but I wanted to know if a pull down to focus search workflow would address some of your concerns. 🙂

-Dave

I use an iPhone 15 Pro, so a typical screen size. Depending on what page you are on it is the same number of screen touches. e.g.

if already on the items screen than 1st touch is reachability, 2nd touch is the search bar or x to clear.

Anywhere else it is 3 screen touches.

All of the current workflows are significantly more error prone because they require precise presses/gestures it also creates an awkward workflow.

Where as before you could quickly double tab the search icon to achieve the same result and maintaining the same number of screen taps.

Can you help me understand why this functionality was removed? Were users having a poor experience because they were double tapping when they didn’t mean to? Was the functionality somehow confusing?

Could there not be another icon added? Was 4 icons really too many? Do users use watchtower more than search? Wouldn’t watchtower primarily used when a user signs up and goes through and changes all re-used or weak passwords? Than occasionally to see if a password was has been part of a data leak? Could both of those be part of the tutorials than optional notifications for data leaks? Or could watchtower be a tile on the Home Screen?

Could the 3rd icon be a customized option? Default is watchtower? And search icon is another that is a user preference? When double pressed it highlights the current text in the search bar or if empty places the cursor there.

I am all for streamlining an experience. I am also in disbelief that the previous experience with the search icon was so dysfunctional it had to be removed.

Hello birchmeier! 👋

Thank you for the feedback! Having a persistent search bar in 1Password for iOS, rather than a button in the navigation bar, has been one of our most frequently requested features. That being said, the team will continue to iterate on the search experience in the 1Password app based on customer feedback so that we can provide the search experience that works best.

Can you tell me a little more about what makes tapping on the search field more difficult? Are you using a larger phone and having trouble reaching the field with one hand? If you are then have you tried using the reachability feature that's built-in to iOS: Reach the top of the iPhone screen with one hand - Apple Support (CA)

-Dave

ref: PB-44752996
ref: dev/core/core#33976