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[Bug] "Title" field triggers password input, disabling non-English keyboards

Environment:

  • App Version:  8.12.8 BETA
  • OS: Android 16, OneUI 8.0
  • Keyboard: Gboard

Description:

When creating or editing a Login item in the 1Password Android app, tapping the "Title" field incorrectly triggers Gboard's strict password mode. Because Android handles password fields with extreme strictness, this forces the keyboard into an English-only QWERTY layout and completely disables the ability to use other language inputs (such as Chinese Pinyin).

This is clearly an unintentional inputType configuration bug rather than a deliberate privacy feature. Tapping the "Username" field directly below it correctly triggers a standard incognito text mode (similar to Chrome incognito tabs). The Username field protects privacy by preventing dictionary learning, but still respects the user's active keyboard language and allows normal typing. The Title field should behave exactly the same way.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Open the 1Password Android app and tap to add a new Login item (or edit an existing one).

  2. Tap into the Title text field.

  3. Observe: Gboard switches to a strict password layout (disallowing language switching or non-QWERTY input).

  4. Tap into the Username text field.

  5. Observe: Gboard switches to a standard incognito layout, safely preventing dictionary learning while still allowing language switching and normal typing.

Technical Context & Suggested Fix:

The "Title" field appears to be incorrectly assigned an inputType of TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD (or similar).

The "Username" field is already using the correct implementation—likely utilizing IME_FLAG_NO_PERSONALIZED_LEARNING combined with a standard text class. The Title field needs to be updated to match the Username field's configuration so international users can type vault item names in their native languages without being locked into English QWERTY.

Impact:

This causes severe friction for non-English users or anyone utilizing a multilingual keyboard setup, as it makes typing native-language titles for vault items incredibly frustrating or impossible without external workarounds.

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