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wraith
4 years agoOccasional Contributor
No auto-type in 1PW8?
I've upgraded to 1PW8 and now I can't auto-type passwords into application windows. Is this critical feature gone?
1Password Version: 8.4.0
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: Win...
elidor
3 years agoNew Contributor
Hi ag_mike_d
thanks for the suggestion. I installed the beta version. Let me just walk you through what I did to make sure i did not use that feature wrong.
I opened the windows application, searched for the correct 1Password entry by using Crtl+Shift+Space, opened the mini version with enter. After that it works right as you described. Rightclick on the username, select "Type in window" then select the window and it fills that one out, I have to press Tab by myself, then do the same thing for the password and press enter myself.
I really don't know if that speeds up my workflow that much since my previous workflow was just to copy and paste the user and password...
One suggestion for that manual "Type in window" feature: When rightclicking you have to open the submenu to select the open windows. They are sorted in a way the most recent used window is shown at the top. But the 1Password Mini Window is always the first entry even if I do not select the window before rightclicking. I never want 1Password to enter a Password in itself, so it would be great if that was not the first entry.
For making the workflow event better I would prefere if just clicking on the menu point "Type in window" would type in the window that was last active. If i want another window I can still hold my mouse over that point and open the submenu.
In conclusion I don't think that feature would make my workflow faster since copy and paste is not really slow. But at least we now know that 1Password is able to see the windows names and to type for the user. Now we just need to map a password to a windowname, add a Tab and Enter and start that sequence by pressing a shortcut ;)
If I used that feature wrong, please correct me, I am always looging for optimization in my own workflow.