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Former Member's avatar
Former Member
4 years ago

Bug - Notes field doesn't parse \ correctly

EDITED due to website bug (that affects 1Password as well)

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Create a new item
  2. Add a notes field

  3. Add the following in the notes field: "test \ -test" (do not add the spaces)

  4. Save it

  5. It now shows up as "test-test" instead of "test \ -test". (without the spaces)

  6. If you Edit it you can see the correct value "test - test" (without the spaces)

How much do I get from the bug bounty program? :smile:

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windows

10 Replies

  • AliH1P's avatar
    AliH1P
    Icon for 1Password Team rank1Password Team
    4 years ago

    You're most welcome @murdof, glad to hear that worked!

    Let us know if there's anything else we can help with. Thanks!

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member
    4 years ago

    Thanks @"ali.hazime"

    That worked!

  • AliH1P's avatar
    AliH1P
    Icon for 1Password Team rank1Password Team
    4 years ago

    Hey @murdof, thanks for the screenshots! 1Password 8 has added support for Markdown formatting which is resulting in the behaviour you're seeing. You can learn more about Markdown formatting here: Format your secure notes with Markdown

    To turn off Markdown formatting, click the three dots in the top left (...), then click Settings > General and uncheck "Format secure notes using Markdown".

    That should return things to the behaviour you're expecting. Let me know how that goes!

    Ali

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member
    4 years ago

    I'm using 1Password 8 - not 7...

    This is the view mode (backslash doesn't exist):

    This is the edit mode (backslash exists):

  • MrC's avatar
    MrC
    Super Contributor
    4 years ago

    @murdof

    Which version of 1Password are you using?

    It is working fine for me on version 7.9.828.

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member
    4 years ago

    The report is about the notes field in 1Password application that parses that wrong

    This issue didn’t exist for sure in the past.
    I have a user account in my notes which I often copy pasted and it was being displayed correctly
    The format was domain\-username-b

    In order to copy paste it now from the 1Password application in windows I need to go in edit mode first.

  • 1P_PeterG's avatar
    1P_PeterG
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    4 years ago

    Well spotted, MrC! You are indeed correct.

    @murdof the backslash here is being treated as an escape character - meaning that it invokes some alternate meaning for the characters that come after it (if you're curious to know more, there are some good videos on YouTube which can explain in brief đź‘Ť).

    Per MrC's advice, you can put in two backslashes here to produce one. Does that work for your needs?

  • MrC's avatar
    MrC
    Super Contributor
    4 years ago

    This is a test backslash test:

    test\-test

    Backslashes require being doubled, to get one. Backslash is an escape character here.

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member
    4 years ago

    This is my post before the editing - just to demonstrate the bug on the forum here as well:

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member
    4 years ago

    Hahahahaha - the forum has the same problem!

    So backlashes are not parsed correctly on the forum either!

    I'm trying to type test \ - test (without spaces)