I am incredibly confused on why the search icon would be removed. It is so awkward to click on the search bar. Why I have to search is because autofill fails which is becoming increasingly common or app dev didn’t register a domain name with their app no there are no associations. There is more but regardless the ability to initiate and clear a search is basic functionality. I’d love to see the search icon brought back another option can be to make a user preference on what the double tap on items does, e.g. brings back to the items page or brings back to the items page and opens a search. This preference could be turned off by default. Please add this. 1Password Version: 8.10.52 Extension Version: Not Provided OS Version: iOS 18.1.1 Browser: Not Provided

Hey Dave, congrats! Nearly 3 years later and search is still difficult to use. Surprisingly it took nearly three years to listen to "overwhelming amount of feedback" and still can't solve the problem. No wonder the app has a 3.7 star rating.

Hi, I'm a beta user so I didn't know about this change ending up in the GA version. As soon as this had landed in the beta, I gave feedback stating my displeasure but it seems it was not enough. As screens tend to get bigger and bigger, it's harder to reach to the top of the screen to perform the search (at least for me). So here's my suggestion: leave the search bar at the top as it is now and let those people with longer fingers tap into it and search right away. But please also let me customize the bottom tab bar and allow me to add the search icon back. This icon's only purpose would be to put the focus into the search bar so it's easier to activate. Please :)

Hey 1P_Dave i was very clear because i knew it would be used as an excuse. If some users complained about search icon experience that’s fine, let them use the top bar. For everyone else make the bottom user configurable. If you do that everyone win. Thank for you answering my question, I’m incredibly disappointed to find out that instead of finding a solution to make both use cases work it was decided only make one work. It shows a complete lack of awareness and disconnect from the users. My very first comment on this discussion suggested this, now you have multiple suggesting it. I encourage 1P to listen to users who provide suggestions not just the people who complain about wha they don’t like.

I use an iPhone 15 Pro, so a typical screen size. Depending on what page you are on it is the same number of screen touches. e.g. if already on the items screen than 1st touch is reachability, 2nd touch is the search bar or x to clear. Anywhere else it is 3 screen touches. All of the current workflows are significantly more error prone because they require precise presses/gestures it also creates an awkward workflow. Where as before you could quickly double tab the search icon to achieve the same result and maintaining the same number of screen taps. Can you help me understand why this functionality was removed? Were users having a poor experience because they were double tapping when they didn’t mean to? Was the functionality somehow confusing? Could there not be another icon added? Was 4 icons really too many? Do users use watchtower more than search? Wouldn’t watchtower primarily used when a user signs up and goes through and changes all re-used or weak passwords? Than occasionally to see if a password was has been part of a data leak? Could both of those be part of the tutorials than optional notifications for data leaks? Or could watchtower be a tile on the Home Screen? Could the 3rd icon be a customized option? Default is watchtower? And search icon is another that is a user preference? When double pressed it highlights the current text in the search bar or if empty places the cursor there. I am all for streamlining an experience. I am also in disbelief that the previous experience with the search icon was so dysfunctional it had to be removed.

I agree with the comments above. I use search all the time, but Watchtower rarely. It’s so much easier to open search from the bottom of the screen. That of course is where the keyboard is located. And Apple notably moved their search bar to the bottom of Safari a few years ago.

Add the Search Icon or add a shortcut.

1P_Dave
Moderator
4 months ago
birchmeier

Thank you for the feedback, I've shared it with the team. One of our Product Designers had this to say:

We're exploring an interaction to allow you to swipe down to activate search, e.g. like you would to access Spotlight search on iOS.

Would something like this fit your needs? I've made sure to file your suggestions regardless but I wanted to know if a pull down to focus search workflow would address some of your concerns. 🙂

-Dave
birchmeier
Occasional Contributor
4 months ago
I use an iPhone 15 Pro, so a typical screen size. Depending on what page you are on it is the same number of screen touches. e.g.

if already on the items screen than 1st touch is reachability, 2nd touch is the search bar or x to clear.

Anywhere else it is 3 screen touches.

All of the current workflows are significantly more error prone because they require precise presses/gestures it also creates an awkward workflow.

Where as before you could quickly double tab the search icon to achieve the same result and maintaining the same number of screen taps.

Can you help me understand why this functionality was removed? Were users having a poor experience because they were double tapping when they didn’t mean to? Was the functionality somehow confusing?

Could there not be another icon added? Was 4 icons really too many? Do users use watchtower more than search? Wouldn’t watchtower primarily used when a user signs up and goes through and changes all re-used or weak passwords? Than occasionally to see if a password was has been part of a data leak? Could both of those be part of the tutorials than optional notifications for data leaks? Or could watchtower be a tile on the Home Screen?

Could the 3rd icon be a customized option? Default is watchtower? And search icon is another that is a user preference? When double pressed it highlights the current text in the search bar or if empty places the cursor there.

I am all for streamlining an experience. I am also in disbelief that the previous experience with the search icon was so dysfunctional it had to be removed.
1P_Dave
Moderator
4 months ago
Hello birchmeier! 👋

Thank you for the feedback! Having a persistent search bar in 1Password for iOS, rather than a button in the navigation bar, has been one of our most frequently requested features. That being said, the team will continue to iterate on the search experience in the 1Password app based on customer feedback so that we can provide the search experience that works best.

Can you tell me a little more about what makes tapping on the search field more difficult? Are you using a larger phone and having trouble reaching the field with one hand? If you are then have you tried using the reachability feature that's built-in to iOS: Reach the top of the iPhone screen with one hand - Apple Support (CA)

-Dave

ref: PB-44752996
ref: dev/core/core#33976

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