I have roundabout 200 entries in 1Password. I searched for "example.com" and expected to get exactly two results. Instead I get 47 results. From those 47 results, only two are relevant. When I searched for "example.com", I expect it to find only entries that either have "example.com" as part of their name, their email address or their web address, (or any other field). I have no idea why 1Password thinks that these other 45 results where relevant. But none of them had "example.com" in any of their fields. That makes the search function quite useless for me. KeePass, which I used before, never made it that difficult to search and find stuff. That needs to be improved. 1Password Version: 8.6.1 Extension Version: Not Provided OS Version: Windows 11

I'm having similar issues with search. I use 1pass as part of an enterprise account and I've been having heaps of issues after updating to the latest update: Quick search in the searchbar seems to ignore tags (and it has always ignored vault names, which would be more convenient to use tbh), making it useless for searching for client items (We set up a tag for each client so that search will actually allow us to find things). "Type in window" functionality seems to have disappeared completely, which means I've had to resort to an AutoHotkey script for entering passwords into RDP sessions that don't want to play nice. Definitely disappointing that basic functionality you'd expect from a password manager has degraded after an "update".

Hi Daniel1 and @kraken, thank you for the feedback here. The search feature is an ongoing area of work for us here, and we appreciate you letting us know where you think we could improve. We've discussed the reasons for the current search implementation further in the Desktop Betas forum, if you're interested to learn more about the details. Daniel1: I see that you're on Windows 11. Have you tried ctrl + alt + f? That may function more like you're expecting, and help with the specific use case you've described. We know we have more work to do in this area but I hope that this is helpful for your immediate to-do list.

@kraken: Quick search in the searchbar seems to ignore tags (and it has always ignored vault names) Thank you for this. I have submitted a preliminary request for Quick Access to be able to search by tags. ref: IDEA-I-878 To make sure I understand the intent correctly, what would be your desired result when searching by a tag name or vault name? For example: * would you want to receive a selectable search result for that vault / tag? * or alternatively, for Quick Access to display a list of the items that are associated with the vault / tag, without displaying the vault/tag itself? I'm happy to forward the particulars to our development team. 👍 The type in window functionality is something we're looking at as well. I don't have anything to share on that at the moment, but it hasn't dropped off our radar. Thanks, and I'll look forward to learning more about how I can help. 😃

1P_PeterG ctrl-alt-f works as expected. What does that do different, exactly? I looked into Help > Keyboard Shortcuts, but that shortcut isn't listed there. While I think this should be the default, I can understand that other people think differently about that. Would it be possible to allow letting me change the search bar to work like ctrl-alt-f? And also let me change the shortcut ctrl-alt-f to simply ctrl-f? The way it works right now, and knowing that I always have to use ctrl-alt-f, which is uncomfy to type, is not satisfying.

Hi @daniel1, thanks for the reply! My understanding is that ctrl + alt + f essentially filters entries from your list (and in that way is perhaps closer to 1Password 7's search feature). The default search feature uses different rules for parsing strings and sub-strings (parts of words, basically) and also attempts to pull up the most relevant results using a number of criteria, including what you search for most often. It might eventually be possible to change those search-related shortcuts (I'll have to ask), but I just want to let you know that this is an area where we're still putting in time and effort to provide the best experience for everyone.

Search function needs improvement!

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1P_PeterG
Community Manager
4 years ago
Hi folks, we have a further update for you!

Substring search matching has now made it to the latest Production build of 1Password. To take advantage of this functionality, update to version 8.9.4 or newer (8.9.5 actually just came out, with an additional unrelated bug fix), and you will be good to go.

I hope this proves a welcome development. Feel free to give it a try and let us know what you think! 😃
Jack_P_1P
1Password Team
4 years ago
Hi jimger:

As DenalB mentioned, this is currently only available in the nightly releases. You're more than welcome to switch to the nightly releases (Settings > Advanced), or wait until this change makes it to a beta or production release.

Jack
jimger
Dedicated Contributor
4 years ago
Oh ok...
DenalB
Super Contributor
4 years ago
jimger
Actually, the new search is only available if you are using the latest nightly build of 1Password. I'm using the latest beta build and have to wait for a beta release that contains these changes as well. 😉
jimger
Dedicated Contributor
4 years ago
Jack_P_1P When u say new? I have tha latest stable. And doesn't really
Jack_P_1P
1Password Team
4 years ago
Hi jimger:

This new substring search feature is definitely able to search inside Bank Account number fields. Choose "Show all matching items" after entering your search, and 1Password will search all fields for it!

Jack
jimger
Dedicated Contributor
4 years ago
Can u make search search within fields? For example bank accounts? I am trying to find fileds from let's say 3-4 digits and I think for credit cards works but not bank accounts...
Former Member
4 years ago
Ah nice!
Former Member
4 years ago
Yippee-ki-yay \o/
Former Member
4 years ago
Noice!