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Former Member
3 years agoSearch no longer searches Notes
As of maybe a couple months ago, 1Pass doesn't seem to search Notes content anymore when using the search bar. This has proven to be a pain as it was a very useful thing to have, particularly for names or other common details.
Unrelated but while I'm here, can I please put in a feature request to toggle how the search bar works? I want Enter to show all matching searches, not the one that happens to be highlighted. Ctrl Enter goes against muscle memory for so many other products that work the standard way, I'd appreciate being able to hit Enter and get all my results again please.
1Password Version: 8.9.8
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: Windows 10
Browser:_ Not Provided
35 Replies
- 1P_Gem
1Password Team
Hi ShadowXVII, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback here as well! I've filed this with the team 😄
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- ShadowXVIINew Contributor
+1. I found this discrepancy between the desktop & browser apps confusing as quick search wasn't returning items that desktop was.
- 1P_Gem
1Password Team
Hi @Eli23, thanks for adding your +1 here! I've filed your feedback with our Product team as well 😄
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- Former Member
+1 for both comprehensive search in the web app / browser extension, and for "show all matching items" as the default behavior when you hit
after typing a search term. - ag_mike_d
1Password Team
Hello @shug,
Thanks for your message and feedback about the search functionality within 1Password. Other customers have expressed that they would like to see improvements here and I've included your comments for our Product team as well.
If you have any other feedback to share, please let us know.
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- Former Member
I'm using the Windows desktop application and if I type a keyword into the search field at the top, the drop-down showing matching items will not show entries that contain my keyword in the notes field. If I then press Ctrl+Enter to complete the search, the results will show entries that contain my keyword in the notes field.
When I am searching for something, if I'm not seeing what I'm looking for in the quick-results drop-down, I refine my keywords to try and produce the result I'm looking for. This approach does not work with 1Password. I found this very unintuitive, and it's been my biggest (and really my only) frustration since migrating from KeePass.
- ag_mike_d
1Password Team
Hello @globtrkr,
Thanks for your +1 to this feature request to include searching of all fields in 1Password in the browser.
I've filed this request to share your feedback and examples with our Product team. They regularly review feature requests from our customers to consider what should be added to future versions of 1Password. Your feedback, along with feedback from our other customers, helps them immensely with their planning.
If you have any future suggestions, please let us know. We're always here to help!
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- Former Member
ag_mike_d,
Thank you for your involvement in soliciting user feedback and trying to improve the product.
+1 on requesting browser extension ability for search bar to search ALL fields, or at minimum the NOTES section. You were asking for real-world examples....
I used LastPass for many years, and recently purchased 1Password subscription. LastPass search function in the browser extension searched all fields instantaneously, and makes it SUPER EASY to find so many entries based on the NOTES I had created.
I've used 1Password for a few months now, and am continually annoyed that search doesn't search NOTES, thus resulting in very few hits on my searches. I basically have to know the URL or title for search to work. (I imported my 400+ entries from LastPass into 1Password)
i.e. With LastPass I could search for "sunshine", where my notes say = "favorite is sunshine aero pizza" in my notes, and it would return hits Gambinos, etc.
But with 1Password, searching for "sunshine" or even "pizza" results in ZERO hits, and I have to search for the names or URL contents.i.e. For parking reservations at Dulles airport, with LastPass I type in "parking", which finds my notes entry for "dullespayandgo.com".
With 1Password I have to remember the URL words "dulles" or "payandgo".Appreciate if 1Password will consider searching ALL FIELDS IN BROWSER EXTENSION.
Thank you,
Marc S.- ChiefNew Contributor
This is very disappointing that this post from 3 years ago exposing the flaw with Search has still not been fixed. I find this equally frustrating.
- ag_mike_d
1Password Team
Hello @baespey,
Thanks for your question! The capabilities of 1Password in the browser on the Mac are the same as Windows. I've created a new Insight highlighting your interest in the ability of searching note fields through the browser extension. 👍
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- Former Member
Hi all, is there an equivalent way of doing this on a Mac using the Chrome extension?