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almabuena
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11 months ago

"Notes" searchable in app, but not extension

I've noticed that text entered under the "Notes" section is indexed/searchable using the 1Password desktop application, however the text is not searchable within the extension. For example, searching...
browser extension
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1P_Timothy
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1 month ago

Hi bill_ds​, thanks for sharing your interest in expanded search capabilities in the 1Password extension. 

I'm curious about the keyword system you're employing to search for items. Could you share a bit more about how you're using keywords, and the sort of scenario where you would search for a keyword instead of an item name typically? While I can't promise the search behaviour will be changed, I'd be happy to include that feedback in a feature request. Thanks again!

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bill_ds
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1 month ago

Hi 1P_Timothy​ ,
Yes. For example, my pharmacy is Express Scripts. In the Notes field I have several keywords: pharmacy, medicine, drugs, Rx, etc.
In the standalone app, I can pull up the Login record by just typing 'rx,' or any other keyword.
In the browser, the extension can't find the record unless I type the name in the title.

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    1P_Timothy
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    1 month ago

    Thanks for sharing those details bill_ds​. As mentioned, this may not be a change that gets implemented, but I've gone ahead and shared your feedback with the team.

    As an alternative, have you tried adding keywords as tags instead of text in the notes section? Tags are searchable in the browser extension so they could help with your use case. 
    Thanks again!

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    • bill_ds's avatar
      bill_ds
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      1 month ago

      1P_Timothy​ Thank you for the suggestion, but I use tags to organize entries into categories. They wouldn't be a suitable workaround for me, but as long as we are exploring alternatives, consider this one…

      If making the Notes field indexed for extensions isn't practical for one reason or another, create a new field type specifically for keywords. The overhead would be considerably lower than using the Notes field, which would be overkill, to satisfy the need to find entries based on keywords.

      Thanks for listening,
      Bill

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        1P_Dave
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        1 month ago

        Thanks again for the feedback! Your comments have been passed along to our team internally. 

        -Dave