This discussion was created from comments split from: How can I restrict a search to one vault in 1Password 8?.

I was going to say this is ridiculous and then found Ctrl + Alt + F (on Windows) displayed an otherwise hidden search panel that allows just the selected vault to be searched. We're not just Mac users ;) Can you also confirm an easy way (from the desktop app) to switch to the equivalent 1Password web portal, which can sometimes be useful compared to using the desktop interface. There appears to be no easy way of switching or a shortcut?

Hello @itsmark, Thanks so much for your question and comments. I'm sorry you had a difficult time finding the Find (Ctrl + Alt + F) option. I'll include a few links below that you my find helpful for searching 1Password: * Search 1Password to find what you need * 1Password keyboard shortcuts The 1Password.com web portal requires you to sign in separately through a browser window and there is no option to do so directly from the desktop app. Our Product team is always looking to make improvements to help align your experience across all platforms and instances 1Password. Could you let us know: * What problem would having a this type of feature in the desktop app solve? * If this isn't possible, what features are you missing in the desktop that are currently available on 1Password.com? Any additional feedback you can share would greatly appreciated and I'd be happy to pass it along to the team. Thanks!

Thanks for coming back to me and for the useful information. Really, the request it just from frustration when I've got to know the web interface and have then switched to the Windows desktop app and not been able to quickly find a feature. In fact the frustration has mainly come from the browser plugin, which is great but sometimes you just quickly want to go to the web portal to better navigate your vaults and entries. If you've switched to desktop integration there is no longer an easy way to do this from the browser plug-in. Equally, when desktop integration is not enabled, it would be nice to have a shortcut from the plugin that takes you straight to the web portal, otherwise I often ended up clicking the ellipsis and then editing an item and cancelling just to get to the web portal. You might ask, why would you want this when a web shortcut can be easily saved but once you close the tab this closes the session and then you need to re-enter your master password, compared to going through the "Edit" entry from the plug-in that would sign you in automatically. Sorry I'm pushed for time (as usual) but hopefully this makes sense. Quite possibly I'm missing a feature, shortcut or I'm just not using the system in the correct way. Any helpful hints, tips or corrections gladly received :)

Hello @itsmark, I appreciate the additional feedback and I'm sorry to hear this feature request has come from some frustrations between the use of the web portal, 1Password in the browser and the desktop integration. I understand your point about needing to re-enter your account password after closing this browser session and I have passed your thoughts along to the team. We can certainly understand how important your time is and that you have become accustomed to using 1Password.com versus the desktop app. When you have a few minutes to spare, let us know what features attracted you to 1Password.com versus using the desktop app and how could this be improved in the desktop app to better align your experience with that of the web portal. This feedback would be most helpful for the Product team when considering features and updates. Looking forward to your reply. ref: 29920349

Thanks for your reply and I don't mean to side track you question but another problem that has just come up, is how do you filter by item type for a specific vault in the Windows version? For instance how would you search for "Wireless Router" items in a specific vault because as soon as you select the vault, it becomes unselected when you select the type....in fact having just tried, I can't even see the different types any more??? Just "All Items, Favourites and Watchtower", I'm sure they use to be there? I'm am IT consultant and use a lot of software all day long but have to confess that I'm finding the 1Password Windows software very pleasing aesthetically but very unintuitive and hence frustrating to use. This is why I keep switching back to the Web app but then use the edit function on any item, just so I can quickly login without authentication each time. I'm sure half of the problem is me and not having enough time to RTFM ;) but hopefully by venting my frustration to someone that's listening and knows much more than me, I might short track finding the right information to read! Thanks for any information you can give and please feel free to correct me where wrong.

Switching to 1Password.com from 1Password for Windows

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ag_mike_d
1Password Team
3 years ago
Hello @itsmark,

Thanks so much for your question and comments. I'm sorry you had a difficult time finding the Find (Ctrl + Alt + F) option. I'll include a few links below that you my find helpful for searching 1Password:
* Search 1Password to find what you need
* 1Password keyboard shortcuts

The 1Password.com web portal requires you to sign in separately through a browser window and there is no option to do so directly from the desktop app. Our Product team is always looking to make improvements to help align your experience across all platforms and instances 1Password. Could you let us know:
* What problem would having a this type of feature in the desktop app solve?
* If this isn't possible, what features are you missing in the desktop that are currently available on 1Password.com?

Any additional feedback you can share would greatly appreciated and I'd be happy to pass it along to the team. Thanks!
Former Member
3 years ago
I was going to say this is ridiculous and then found Ctrl + Alt + F (on Windows) displayed an otherwise hidden search panel that allows just the selected vault to be searched. We're not just Mac users ;)

Can you also confirm an easy way (from the desktop app) to switch to the equivalent 1Password web portal, which can sometimes be useful compared to using the desktop interface. There appears to be no easy way of switching or a shortcut?

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Switching to 1Password.com from 1Password for Windows

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