Search notes field

Hi @dangit!

Just to make sure we test this in the right place: you posted in the 1Password for Windows forum section, but then you mentioned that you are using 1Password X. Can you confirm where you are trying to do this? Is it in the desktop app or in the browser extension?

Using the beta 1.20.0 in Chrome.

1.20.0 is the stable version of 1Password X. Did you by chance mean 1.21.2.beta instead? That would be the latest beta of the extension.

Thank you for the confirmation @dangit! I have also moved your discussion to the 1Password X section of the forum for you :+1:

This is currently the normal behavior for 1Password X. My colleague kaitlyn wrote about this recently here, in case you are interested in the details.

Hey @dangit ,

Our extensions only search for major fields of items (e.g. the item's title, URL, username, password, tags). It does not search for content such as a specific word or line from a secure note because that would require us to decrypt your entire database every time you open the 1Password popup in your browser, which is mostly unnecessary, unsafe and will affect the extension's performance as it might make it slower and non-responsive on some systems.

If you search for a secure note's title, the extension should find it properly, but if you search for a specific line of text from the contents of the note, it will not find it.
However, our desktop apps can and will find your notes even if you search for words from within their content, so if you don't have our desktop app yet, feel free to install it now and see how it works: https://1password.com/downloads/

If you're still keen on not having to open any other app, I'd suggest the following:

• Name your items and notes in a unique manner, so that you can search for keywords from within the title and find what you need quickly.
• Add unique tags to your items and then search for these tags to find what you need in the extension: https://support.1password.com/favorites-tags/

I hope you'll find these suggestions helpful :)

Hey @dangit ,
Thanks for the followup.

I'd like to correct myself here, the password field is not one of the searchable fields, only the Title, URL and username of an item can be searched. Sorry about that.

As for decrypting items in the extension - when you decrypt them they are being stored in your computer's RAM, which is a security hazard as is in case your computer is compromised, so while other apps might offer that feature, we tend to be a bit more strict on when, where and if we should at all, perform such tasks when they're not needed most of the times. Decrypting your entire vault is not something most users need, as most of them only need login items in their browsers, they don't need passports, software licenses and other types of items we offer in 1Password, so why decrypt them? And yes, notes are one of these items that most users won't need in their browsers, but are very, VERY useful to have in the desktop app!

In any case, I hope you find the desktop app useful, and that you kept in mind my other suggestions to search the note's title or tag (if you've added a unique one) which will still allow you to find and use your notes in the browser extension.

Let me know if you have further questions or feedback on this, it is highly appreciated so thank you for bringing it up!

Hey @David1PSince2015 ,
Thanks for the followup.

The screenshots you show here are from 1Password mini, which has almost the same limitations as the browser extension.
Please open the actual full 1Password app from your Applications folder and use the search bar in the app, it will find words from the notes section there :)

Click that "Expand search to All Fields" button, that should be the default there.
Let me know if that action allowed your item to be found.

Hey @David1PSince2015 ,

Not sure exactly what are the steps you're taking there, so I made you a video showing me adding words to a note section in one of my items, then finding it when using the search bar: http://recordit.co/NwjPusoKS4

Let me know if you were able to replicate my steps.

Ah! The old restart trick that we skipped here for some reason @David1PSince2015 ;)

I'm glad to hear things are working properly now. Enjoy your 1Password and stay safe.