Configuring Bitwarden from the beginning

Sounds good. Please note that if you followed my advice to disable the “Auto-fill on Page Load” option in the Browser Extension settings (and if you have “pinned” the browser extension in Chrome, so that its icon is always visible), then the following is the expected behavior if everything is working:

  1. Ensure that the Bitwarden Browser Extension is unlocked (the Bitwarden shield icon shown to the right of the address bar at the top of the Chrome browser should be colored blue-and-white, and there should be no padlock symbol :lock: in the the corner of the shield icon).
  2. Use Chrome to navigate to a login page that exists in your Bitwarden vault.
  3. Nothing will happen on the login form itself, but you should see a number (1 or higher) in the corner of the Bitwarden Browser Extension icon (to the right of the address bar at the top of the Chrome browser).
  4. Press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+L.
  5. The username and password should now be transferred into the login form on the web page in the active tab of the browser.
  6. Submit the form.