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Baz
Dedicated Contributor
1 hour ago

Drag and drop failing to clear drag clipboard on macOS

I had thought to use drag and drop as a slightly safer alternative to copy/paste. I was under the impression that certain coding practices limit the time that credentials remain on the clipboard.

I use Apple's "Clipboard Viewer" to monitor the general clipboard and the drag clipboard. I notice that if I drag and drop from 1Password to BBEdit the drag clipboard is cleared after the drop. That is the expected behavior. If I drag to Firefox, Chrome, or Safari, the drag clipboard is not cleared.

If I cancel a drag and drop after the clearing has failed for some application, then the clipboard is not cleared. If I cancel a drag and drop after the clearing didn't fail for some application, then the clipboard is cleared.

As an aside, the 90 second timeout of clipboard content does clear the drag clipboard.

macos

2 Replies

  • 1P_Dave's avatar
    1P_Dave
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    29 minutes ago

    Hello Baz​! 👋

    Thank you for reporting this. When dragging and dropping a password from the 1Password app, the copy and paste clipboard isn't used. So that we can look into this further, are you able to share a screen recording showing you viewing the "drag clipboard" while dragging a password from 1Password to another app? This will help me to better understand the situation and reach out to the correct team internally. 

    If you'd like to avoid posting the screen recording to the public community then please email it to support@1Password.com along with a link to this thread. After emailing in, you'll receive an automated reply with a Support ID that looks something like [#ABC-12345-678]. Post that here, and I'll be able to locate your message.

    -Dave

  • Baz's avatar
    Baz
    Dedicated Contributor
    1 hour ago

    Apologies - I neglected to report versions:

    macOS - 26.4.1

    1Password for Mac 8.12.10 (81210036)