Being able to immediately enter master password when clicking on extension icon.
Feature function
The browser extension already remembers the previous email address and displays this when clicking on the extension in the browser. See image below.
Currently, a user has to click continue to confirm the email address before being shown a second frame which enables them to enter the master password.
The second frame also shows the user the inputted email address with a link alongside saying “Not You?”. Clicking on this takes them back to the first frame and allows them to enter a different address.
Users will more often be logging into the same vault as that previously used rather than logging into a new one. It therefore would speed up the login process if users, when clicking on the extension, were immediately directed to the second frame and could enter their password to log in while still having the option to change the email address if desired.
This only happens when you log-out of a client. If you just lock your vault, then you can use your preferred way (MP, PIN, Biometrics, etc) for unlocking your vault.
Your answer does not answer Pompon’s question at all.
Using the bitwarden extension (on Firefox) has the described behavior that, to unlock your vault every time a click is needed to confirm your email address. The desired behavior is to prompt a input field for the master password immediately.
I’m not sure if resurfacing a 2-year old thread was your intention, but regardless, the answer provided by @djsmith85 in 2022 is still accurate.
It seems that you may not fully understand the distinction between logging in to a logged-out extension vs. unlocking a locked extension — in Bitwarden, the distinction is important (see explanation here).
The most common (and recommended) usage of Bitwarden is to keep your Bitwarden client apps and browser extensions logged in, and to lock them when not in use. If your vault is locked, and you need to unlock it, you will never be asked to enter or confirm your email address. This is what it looks like in Firefox:
You also have the option of unlocking using a PIN or biometrics instead of your master password.
If you need help with configuring any of this, or have additional questions, I would suggest starting a new topic in the Ask the Community section of the forum.
