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- Former Member
Thanks for your response!
As I mentioned in the thread above:
As for the browser extension, I believe there are numerous combinations that can be used. For example with Windows you can use any combination of Control or Alt + optionally Shift + an alphanumeric character. That gives more than 50 different key combinations which don't interfere with the default browser shortcuts (such as ctrl+r or ctrl+e).
I'm not quite sure why this is a limitation as another open-source password manager - Bitwarden - lets you lock/unlock and activate the extension like 1Password does, but also lets you autofill the last used login for a page with a keyboard shortcut, along with giving you the ability to generate a password using another keyboard shortcut. If this were a limitation with Chrome extensions I don't think they'd have been able to do this.
What exactly is the issue with implementing a similar solution with 1Password?
- Nhat_Nguyen
1Password Team
Hello @abhimohit99,
If you go to 1Password in the browser settings, you can change the default shortcuts there to whatever you want. However, there are some reserved shortcuts in the browser that users can't set on an extension, and "Ctrl+\" is an example.
With that said, thank you for sending us an email. We can continue working on our trouble there and update the results here.
ref: SAN-34372-255
- Former Member
Thanks for the links!
Any comments on the limitations you were talking about with the keyboard shortcuts in browsers? I don't know if I'm misunderstanding your point but I'd like to get more clarity on why it isn't possible to suggest this to devs.
- Former Member
Support ID: [#SAN-34372-255]
- Jack_P_1P
1Password Team
Hey @abhimohit99:
Since you're running into trouble here still, I think we might need to take a closer look at what could be going on. Additionally I've split your posts out into another thread to help keep things organized. :smile:
I'd like to ask you to create a diagnostics report from your Windows PC, as well as a console log from 1Password in the browser:
Sending Diagnostics Reports (Windows)
Save a console log for 1Password in your browser
Attach the diagnostics report and the console log to an email message addressed to
support+forum@1password.com
.With your email please include:
- A link to this thread: https://1password.community/discussion/126733/trouble-with-fill-login-shortcut
- Your forum username:
abhimohit99
You should receive an automated reply from our BitBot assistant with a Support ID number. Please post that number here. Thanks very much!
- Former Member
Thanks for that tip! I can confirm that none of my Chrome extensions, including 1Password, make use of
ctrl+shift+x
as a keyboard shortcut. I tried changing the shortcut in the Desktop app but alas still no luck :(As for the browser extension, I believe there are numerous combinations that can be used. For example with Windows you can use any combination of Control or Alt + optionally Shift + an alphanumeric character. That gives more than 50 different key combinations which don't interfere with the default browser shortcuts (such as
ctrl+r
orctrl+e
).I'm not quite sure why this is a limitation as another open-source password manager - Bitwarden - lets you lock/unlock and activate the extension like 1Password does, but also lets you autofill the last used login for a page with a keyboard shortcut, along with giving you the ability to generate a password using another keyboard shortcut. If this were a limitation with Chrome extensions I don't think they'd have been able to do this. Please let me know if I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to convey, though.
- Jack_P_1P
1Password Team
Hey @abhimohit99:
Just to confirm, do you have
control+shift+x
set as a shortcut for 1Password in the browser as well in Chrome's extension keyboard shortcuts (chrome://extensions/shortcuts
in your address bar)? Having both configured at the same time to the same shortcut may be what's causing the issue here. Let me know if that's the case!We rely on the 1Password desktop app for the fill in browser shortcut currently, as we're more limited in what keys can be used as shortcut keys within the browser. We're always exploring ways to make this smoother though.
Jack
- Former Member
Thanks for your response! If I'm understanding correctly you're referring to the "Fill in Browser" setting in the screenshot below, right?
Unfortunately it looks like despite also enabling the "Connect with 1Password in your Browser" setting, pressing the keyboard shortcut for "Fill in Browser" does nothing :(. I tried to make sure both the Chrome extension (v2.2.2) as well as the desktop app (Windows v.8.4.1 build 80401002) were logged in and working, but still there seems to be no effect from using the "Fill in Browser" shortcut. Possibly a bug/issue here?
Regardless of this, I hope you can see how it feels really odd to not have all the features 1Password offers self-contained within each app. This would alienate users who move from computer to computer (ex. students working in computer labs) since they would not necessarily have permissions to install desktop apps, not to mention it being an extra step to getting the full features. I'd appreciate it if you could convey this feedback to the dev team, since it limits the convenience 1Password offers me with its features.
- Jack_P_1P
1Password Team
Hey @abhimohit99:
Thanks for clarifying. 1Password 8 combined with our browser extension might do almost what you're looking for! The Autofill shortcut available in 1Password 8 prompts 1Password in your browser to fill into the field, with either the single set of credentials, or show the credential list in-line, and allow you to use the arrow keys to select from the options available. If you're on Windows or Linux, 1Password 8 is available now as a stable release, and if you're on Mac, 1Password 8 is in beta. :smile:
Jack
- Former Member
Thank you for the detailed response! It was indeed helpful :)
While you are technically right in that this keyboard shortcut helps with filling out, to me it looks like it's just a shortcut to open the 1Password extension, and as a user I have to add on multiple steps after using the shortcut to do what I want to do.
I tried out what you did and while it does help with using the keyboard, I feel like it's not as intuitive as just having a separate, dedicated shortcut which would just fill in the form when pressed. If there was a keyboard shortcut which actually filled in the form, I wouldn't have to use any keys (ex. arrow keys, enter key, etc.) to use with the shortcut :)
Essentially what I'm saying is from a user experience perspective, there is no way to simply get the fields filled in without having to go through multiple steps. I personally enjoyed the simplicity of doing something like Ctrl+Shift+C/Cmd+Shift+C and not have to manually go through the extension's UI and then again select one credential and then press enter.
The link I had given to Bitwarden's documentation may not explain it as well visually, but what I'm looking for is a keyboard shortcut which will do all of the following:
1. When pressed, fill in the username and password fields in the page if there are any such fields present. (No other keys/steps needed)
2. If more thtan one credential for the page exists, pressing the keyboard shortcut again will cycle through the credentials and autofill the credential into the page (without having to go through the UI, as in your screenshare video).I hope that explains more clearly what I'm talking about! In short, I want the "autofill" button to be mapped to a keyboard shortcut, while also being able to go to the next item in the list of credentials for the webpage in questino and continue autofilling down the list each time the keyboard shortcut is pressed.