1P8 Mac Beta: No shortcut to reveal all passwords in history

kpitt

In 1P7, I could hold down the Alt/Option key to temporarily reveal all passwords in the history window, but it doesn't seem to work anymore in the 1P8 Beta. This was an important function for me because I have passwords that have to be changed periodically and you aren't allowed to reuse any of the last N passwords, so I need to review the list of what I have used previously. Yes, I know I SHOULD be using a new random password every time, so past values wouldn't matter, but these are passwords that I often have to enter multiple times a day into apps that don't auto-fill from 1Password.

Is there any way in 1P8 to reveal the password history values without clicking reveal on each one? Revealing them one-by-one is not only time-consuming, it is also problematic for security in that the values will remain visible on the screen for a much longer period of time while I'm revealing the remaining passwords that I need to check.

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1Password Version: 8.7.0
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: macOS 12.2.1

ag_tommy

@kpitt

Please enable the option. 1Password > Preferences > Security. You may also prefer command + r. So you do not encounter an accidental reveal of data while conducting a demonstration.

There is also new shortcuts that you may find useful. Press command and / to view all shortcuts. The listing is scrollable.

ag_tommy

Ah, I see you were talking about the previous history itself. My apologies at this time I do not see a way to do that. I'll be happy to mention this to the team. I could use it myself.

Edit: Done.

ref: IDEA-I-884

kpitt

Thanks! This was default behavior in 1P7 so it just didn't occur to me to look for it in settings, but as you said it doesn't work in "View Password History" anyway.

The Command+R shortcut also doesn't work in the Password History view, but there is another interesting behavior here. When I select "View password history", the Password History always seems to cover up the current password field in the main window. If I hit the Command+R shortcut with the Password History open, it looks like it had no effect. However, it actually gets passed through to the main
window and reveals the current password, so the current password is unexpectedly visible when I dismiss the Password History. The first time this happened, I didn't realize how I got into that state, so I was extremely surprised when pressing the Option key temporarily concealed the password and then revealed it again when I released the Option key. I think the Command+R shortcut should either apply only to the Password History entries, or be disabled entirely, while the Password History view is open. Having it reveal a password when you can't even see what is being revealed seems dangerous.

rob

Hi, @kpitt. Thanks for the feedback! I'm not able to reproduce the last behavior you described in version 80800107 (nightly), so maybe someone addressed that already. Can you confirm?