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Intra-string search doesn't work in 1Password8
One of my favorite 1Password 7 tricks is to quickly search for logins by typing substrings that appear in the middle of the item name.
For example, if I have the following items in my vault:
Sonic RushSonic DrivethroughSonic Speed
... and I know that I need the login for Sonic Drivethrough, I will type c D in 1Password search since I know that only one item in my vault has the unique substring c D.
Typing c D is much faster than typing Sonic D (less than half the character count).
This kind of intra-string search works in 1Password 7 and in the 1Password Chrome plugin, but it doesn't work in 1Password 8. To get results to show up I have to start from the beginning of the item name, which is a lot slower when you have lots of items with shared prefixes.
I'm not sure whether to call this a feature request or a regression bug, but I miss intra-string search capability dearly. It would be especially useful in the new Universal Autofill pane, since that path is already otherwise optimized to minimize keypresses.
1Password Version: 8.7.0
Extension Version: 2.3.3
OS Version: M1 macOS 12.3.1
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1P_PeterG I think still something is wrong. I also face an issue with searching in 1P8.
I have two login items:
* iPKO Ola
* iPKO LeszekWhen I search with string
pkoonlyiPKO Olais found. When I do search stringipkoboth items are found. There is no such issue on 1P7
1P_PeterGCommunity Manager
Hi @Techrocket9, thanks for this. 👋 That's a neat trick, by the way!
1Password 8 does indeed handle sub-string search differently, and as viswiz has helpfully pointed out, this was done to support Unicode, which is necessary for us to be inclusive of folks who use languages other than English, which we think is a worthwhile goal.
However, this has had the effect of making search work differently than it did in 1Password 7, and we recognize that the substring search provided useful functionality for you. We're working on solutions to improve the search right now, and will look forward to sharing more when we have an update on this.
Thanks for your feedback, and for letting us know why that substring search is useful for your workflow. We'll take this into account as we go forward. Thank you for letting us know how we can improve! 🙌
It‘s definitely a critical bug and it exists since the first early access version was released. Reported by several users. In order to support Unicode AgileBits sacrificed substring/partial search. Officially they are ‚evaluating‘ a solution and are working on it but until now without any visible progress. As I‘m using search in the same way as you do I will stay on 1PW7 until it‘s fixed… or I‘m forced to a different solution with working search.
