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Rose__
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1 month ago

"Show in large type" unintuitively & dangerously goes to other display on desktop app.

I often make use of the "show in large type" feature as I find it convenient for certain settings. 

Sometimes I may be screen-sharing a single display in a multi-monitor setup, or perhaps I'm presenting something in-front of an audience. When doing this, I obviously wouldn't want 1Password on my shared display, I'd never deliberately show it. But I may still access it on my personal screen that isn't being shared.

However, when clicking on "show in large type" in the desktop app (specifically tested with Windows in this case), 1Password will open a new window to display the large type view, and it will always display that window on the primary display, even if 1Password is not on the primary display. This has unironically caused me to accidentally leak a password in-front of an audience.

Perhaps I shouldn't be touching my password manager whilst sharing my screen. But I would generally think it's okay to interact with the app whilst on a non-shared display, I wouldn't be thinking much of it and I imagine I'm not the only one. It would be great to ensure the large type view opens on the specific display that 1Password is open on to prevent situations like this from re-occurring. I also think it would be better UX regardless, I probably don't want a new view going to a completely different screen after clicking on something. This wouldn't happen on the browser extension for instance.

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  • Hi Rose__​,

    Thank you for taking the time to report this, and I'm sorry to hear that it caused you to accidentally expose a password.

    I've done some testing on my end, and I'm able to reproduce this on Windows - the large type window always opens on the primary monitor, no matter where the main 1Password window is. Interestingly, on Mac, the large type window always opens on the same screen as the main 1Password window, so the issue seems to be Windows-specific.

    It looks like this is a known issue our developers are currently investigating. I've added your report to the existing internal issue so they have full context on the real-world impact this can have.

    I'm not yet able to provide a timeline for a fix, however you can keep an eye on our release notes page for news: 1Password Releases

    In the meantime, I would suggest avoiding using the desktop app's large type feature while screen sharing.

    If you have any other questions or run into anything else, don't hesitate to reach out.

    Issue=DESK-274