Display master password input field on unlock screen when biometrics is enabled

Feature Requests Password Manager
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For a browser extension if you have biometrics setup you now need to do needless actions to enter your password:

  1. Ok: Activate the extension
    (good: can use a shortcut!)
  2. Not ok: activate the “unlock with master password” field
    (bad: Tab key requires 4 presses to activate that field, instead it should at least allow you to activate it with a single key, for example, Enter to activate password entry, Space to activate biometrics)
  3. Ok: Type the password

I would like to eliminate step 2 and be able to configure the defaults to always just activate the password field so I can type it straight away (basically the opposite of ✅ Automatically Select Biometrics for Unlocking when available)

(think this is due to the redesign, previously the workflow was like Browser extension doesn't focus on master password input)

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To clarify, I think that you meant to write either “if you do have biometrics setup”, or perhaps “if you have enabled biometric unlock but do not currently have access to the biometric input mode” (e.g., a laptop in clamshell mode).

The situation that you have described is only occurring when you have enabled Unlock with Biometrics.

If your browser extension is set up to unlock with a master password, then the master password input field is already displayed and in focus, as soon as the unlock prompt popup appears.

Likewise, if your browser extension is set up to unlock with a PIN, then the PIN input field is already displayed and in focus, as soon as the unlock prompt popup appears.

If the above is not what you’re seeing, then you are experiencing a bug, and should report it on GitHub or contact support.

On the other hand, if you did enable Unlock with Biometrics, then it would be a reasonable feature request to revert to the old behavior of also displaying/focusing the master password input field (or a PIN input field, if applicable) on the unlock screen, together with already existing the Unlock with Biometrics button.

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You’re correct, I didn’t realize I had the biometrics setup (disabled it for now to revert the old behavior), so yes, I’d like to have the password input field active by default (and, I guess, the biometrics button could be the next focus field so that a single Tab press would move there?)

Hm, I don’t see the correction button for the original post, so can’t edit it…

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FYI, I edited the OP to remove the word “don’t”, and I changed the topic title to be more understandable (old title: “Automatically Select ‘Unlock with master password’ and activate input field”; new title: “Display master password input field on unlock screen when biometrics is enabled”).