Password generation

These are the steps I'm using to generate a new password with v8 in Windows 10. Hopefully, this will be streamlined with a future update.

1. Click 1Password icon in System Tray or Chrome 1Password extension to open 1Password v8.
2. Click '+ New Item" in upper right corner of screen.
3. Click 'Password icon'.
4. Click in 'password' field and then
5. Click 'Create a New Password'.

Once new password is generated. Then...
6. Copy new password to clipboard.
7. Cancel out of 1Password without saving (a few more clicks).

All in all, I'm very pleased with v8 and the 'Create a New Password' dialog is much improved. Especially with the 'Random, Memorable, an Pin' password options.

I just wish it didn't take so many clicks to get there :(.

I am disappointed to see the password generator two click shortcut has been removed from the browser icon in 1P8.
It now takes five clicks to get there.
How is this an improvement?

I just updated to 1Password v8 for Windows and simply cannot find a way to generate new passwords like with v7 in the System Tray.

There must be a way to do this without going through the multiple steps to create a fake 'new item' just to get generate a password.

In Windows 10 Chrome, when I click the 1Password extensions icon, there is no '+ icon, then Password Generator' that I can find.

I must be missing something, but can someone please show me step-by-step how to do this. Thanks.

That's great @Ands, thanks so much for the feedback! Peter got it passed along to the team - feel free to reach out if you think of anything else! :smile:

Hello PeterG_1P ,

I actually really like how the password generator works from the browser extention. After clicking the + sign u have the tool wich also show you the genetor history which is fantastic. Instead I feel like this exactly same way of using the tool is missing from the app since as you state you need to pass through the new item creation. I also really like the smart password creation metod; it has happened often with 1password 7 to have to generate the password a few times to be able to meet the website requirement.

Keep up the amazing work!

The request to be able to generate a new password from the system tray is duly noted and has been sent to our developers, @Ands. Thanks for mentioning it!

By the way, you should still be able to use the password generator in other ways, too:

1. If you use 1Password for your browser, you should be able to click the 1Password icon in your browser, then the + icon, then Password Generator.
2. If you use 1Password for Windows (Early Access), you should be able to choose new item > password and then click on the password field. That brings up a prompt to "create a new password", which invokes the password generator and lets you tweak the password settings to your liking.

I hope these prove handy, but can also understand the appeal of having the password generator in your system tray. Consider it filed!

It would be great if the password generator would be available by right-clicking the systray icon!
So +1 from me! :+1: