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1P_Blake
Community Manager
Community ManagerWe're the team behind 1Password’s latest product enhancements. Ask us anything! (Wednesday, February 12th)
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Is there any progress towards full bi-directional item links?
It's sooo annoying to have to remember to reverse link any item link I create. I originally expected this to be the default when the feature came out.
My main use-case for item links is if I attach a file (photo of driving license), I link it to my Driving License item, it's quite an obvious expectation that the driving license item would by default link back to the file containing the image of the license itself?
Everytime i've asked this previously, I just get told, yes we're looking in to it. Or we'll consider it etc, but it never gets around to the thing being done.
Does no one else want bi-directional item linking?
1P_MattG
1Password Team
1Password TeamI’ll give you a direct answer! The way items relate to each other is something I’m really passionate about fixing. Right now, we treat everything sort of like line items in a spreadsheet, but there’s so much context that accompanies every item that we're currently missing.
We’re actively exploring better ways to capture that context (hopefully automatically, so you don’t have to do extra work) and turn it into useful functionality that boosts both productivity and delight. Bi-directional linking is just one of many things that will help achieve this goal.
I don’t have a firm timeline, unfortunately, but this is something we’re actively working on.
I don't necessarily need automatic linking. Just a checkbox so that when I do create a link to another item, I can check a box next to the link that specifies whether I want this to create a link in the opposite direction. That would be more than sufficient for me!
Shouldn't it just work like other relational databases and/or SQL-type setups that easily connect objects to one another?
- 1P_MattG
You would think! As I've learned over 20ish years in tech, "just" can be a dangerous word. It also goes beyond the technical linking. There's also the UI flows, downstream implications of the changes, etc. So sadly it's not as easy as it sounds.
