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2 years agoBUG: Still can't auto fill apps from quick access in Windows
When opening quick access on Windows there is still no option to fill an app and dragging and dropping from there does nothing. 1Password obviously has the ability to auto-type this information as it...
Former Member
2 years ago@Kirlac I'm not able to follow your lengthy description of how tedious it is to retrieve credentials for app login using quick access.
My experience is much faster and actually like this:
- start some app that requires a login. For the sake of this experiment, I started the Epic Games Launcher app. I also use the Microsoft rdp client (mstsc) - no different.
- press ctrl-shift-space to get 1Password quick access
- enter "epi" - the first and only found entry is my "Epic Games" entry
- press ctrl-o to open the 1Password entry in its extra window
- with the mouse, I drag the username entry from the 1Password window to the Launcher username input field.
- the 1Password window gets out of the way automatically at the start of the drag, and reappears after the drag has been completed, so I don't need to switch apps or windows, not even move windows around to keep both windows visible. Just drag, and the 1Password window hides and the app window is activated automatically.
- with the mouse, I drag the password entry to the Launcher password input field.
- I perform the login in the launcher
- the 1Password window is again in the foreground and I close it, since it's not required any more
If it happens it's the first time I use 1Password today, I would be required to enter my Windows Hello pin after pressing ctrl-shift-space. But once I unlocked 1Password, it stays unlocked except I explicitly lock it. I activated Windows Hello use and TPM use, so it's not required to ever enter the full long account password, except once every 30 days.
In my opinion, this is a very acceptable workflow that's hard to make even shorter: ctrl-shift-space + Hello PIN [optional] + "epi" + ctrl-o + drag username + drag password + click login + close 1Password window
Don't use copy+paste! (it's also less secure than drag+drop, because it exposes credentials via clipboard to every app that watches the clipboard!)
This experience is the same for every other app. Just drag+drop userid+password and watch how the 1Password window is auto-hiding and auto-reappearing during drag+drop.
If there was a TOTP input required, it would just be a 3rd field to drag+drop from 1Password to the app.