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Former Member
4 years agoPassword generator in 1Password 8 Quick Access
Hello!
I have just updated to 1Password 8 and I am very happy about it :)
One small annoyance I found is the missing password generator -- previously I could click on the menubar icon and there will be a big button to generate a new password, but now it's gone. Is there a plan to bring it back?
We have this button in the Chrome extension...
But where is it in the macOS app?
1Password Version: 8.7
Extension Version: -
OS Version: macOS 11.6.5
105 Replies
- Former Member
As a new user I agree with the previous comments. I was trying to generate a password to join this community and have wasted around 15 minutes going round the houses looking for a password generator button. Do. you test your pre-release software?
- Former Member
+++1!!!
(I reported this missing when 1Password 8 first came out in May and the support rep here on the forum actually asked "Hey @kirkvan, can you share a bit more about your use cases for wanting the password generator to be so prevalant without wanting to save those passwords as items in 1Password?")
Clearly, I wasn't the only one who was using the Password Generator in 1Password Mini! Please bring it back.
- Former Member
created an account to pile on with everyone else - bring back that quick access password generator!!!
- andrew_l_1P
1Password Team
@jleslie, @pinecone, BalNosh27
I appreciate the feedback folks, proxy votes have been added!
ref: IDEA-I-298
@benobi,
I've also added one for you re: editing items when they're opened in separate windows. ππ»
ref: IDEA-I-1162
- BalNosh27Occasional Contributor
and me. Just wasted 20 minutes looking for 'password generator' only to discover it no longer exists
- Former Member
Also - there is no "edit" button when you open an item in it's own window. C'mon team 1pass! Please!
- Former Member
This is a complete tragedy. The inability to generate passwords easily is a MAJOR misstep here. Please fix this ASAP!
- Former Member
I was just trying to do this now, and had no way to quickly generate a password. Why change something like this when it was working before? Ridiculous tbh.
- Former Member
andrew_l_1P Please add another vote for me. This was one of your best features and now it's gone. What's the reasoning?
I use the generator often for creating passwords (that are not stored in 1Password) when creating users for a system I admin.
- Former Member
This is an absolute necessity. Will be going back to 7 until this is added.