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snoringelephant
2 years agoFrequent Contributor
How to suppress "Use Suggested Password" dropdown?
Is there some 1Password setting/configuration combination that will prevent me from ever seeing the "Use Suggested Password" dropdown as shown here:
NOTE: I still want to be prompted with ...
snoringelephant
2 years agoFrequent Contributor
Thanks for your suggestion regarding the esc
key. I am definitely going to try that next time!
Also, thank you so much for your interest in understanding why I asked my question. This is a typical and wonderful type of response I get from 1Password support. Not only are you able to help me with my original question, but you go the extra mile to try to understand more of the context (presumably, in order to see if there is something more to learn about and/or improve the user experience).
The reason I don't want to see the suggested password is because I have had issues in the past with using the suggested password and then not having the String saved/updated in the correct 1Password entry. I have also seen when 1Password would create a new entry with this suggested password. Given that the suggested password is very complex and it is almost always obscured after if I select it (and I can't always be sure I will be able to cntl-C to copy the text because some sites won't let you do this), I am also nervous I will lose the text before I am confident it has been saved in the right place in 1Password.
For these reasons, I typically use the following steps in my flow when creating/updating password with generated passwords:
- When I come across an entry field where I want to use a generated password, I stop what I am doing and open the 1Password app itself
- If I don't already have a 1Password entry, I will create one in the desired vault
- If I already have a 1Password entry, I will find and open the one I want to update (NOTE: I often have multiple accounts for the same site. For example, multiple twitter/bank/facebook/google/etc. accounts)
- Once I am creating/editing the entry, I will generate a long password. I often hit the 'refresh' button when generating the password to pick one that has at least a couple of symbols.
- After I am satisfied with the password (and other details I entered if I am creating a new entry), I save the 1Password entry
- After I save the entry, I also copy the password to my clipboard in case I need to paste it
- Next, I return to the window/app where I was originally prompted for the password
- Many times, the 1Password dropdown already has been refreshed and/or 'knows' about my new entry and I am able to select it (which gives me great confidence that the password has been saved and I am able to retrieve it). If I don't see my new entry in the dropdown, then I just paste the new password from my clipboard (from the previous step).
I understand 1Password has the ability to create/update entries, but I have not had such a great experience in the past with the out-of-box flow. When I create a new entry, I like to capture all of the details (username, password, URL, security questions, etc.). Many times, the URL that is automatically saved isn't quite right because it contains extra parameters related to the session or it gets saved using the 'new' or 'register' context instead of the 'login' URL (and often sites change their login URL). So, I typically end up manually trimming the URL to the core domain name.
I feel better using my approach of using the 1Password app to add/create/delete my passwords manually and using the browser integration to only perform 'retrieval' operations. This way, I feel more confident about what is being saved in 1Password.
Again, thank you for your question and your quick reply.