Is there a global hotkey to open a BW vault search?
If not; what is the fastest way to search the vault for a login?
Thanks!
Assuming you’re using the browser extension, I believe the fastest way is to open the extension popup and use the search bar there.
Edit: Have you tried Ctrl + Shift + Y? I don’t usually use hotkeys with Bitwarden, and I can’t try it out right now.
Thanks; do you know if there is one you can use outside of the browser? Thanks for any suggestions.
Not that I’m aware of.
To confirm, you’re looking for a hotkey that will open up your vault, in the browser extension, or in the desktop app?
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In the interest of the main goal of logging into things quickly I’m looking for:
1: The ability to hit the hotkey from anywhere in windows ( browser can be closed ) to display the vault search field.
2: Ability to search ( aka Fuzzy Search ) for parts of the login/account name ( handy when you have several logins with similar names ) and not have to have the exact order of the name to display a result ( like Everything Search does )
3: After resulting login/account is displayed and clicked on the site should be opened, login fields filled, and auto submitted ( like roboform ) .
Thanks for any tips or suggestions.
Thank you! Yes, CTRL + SHIFT + Y works! Here is a link to hotkeys in the documentation. 
https://bitwarden.com/help/article/auto-fill-browser/
I’ve got workaround to add global hotkey for macOS Desktop app with Hammerspoon (https://www.hammerspoon.org/).
Lua script:
-- file: ~/.hammerspoon/init.lua
-- https://www.hammerspoon.org/
--
-- Bring Bitwarden to front and focus on the search field
-- Required accessability to be enabled in Hammerspoon & System preferences
function launch_bitwarden_search()
hs.application.launchOrFocus("Bitwarden")
local app = hs.appfinder.appFromName("Bitwarden")
if (app ~= nil) then
local activated = app:activate(true)
if (activated) then
-- for Dock icon mode
app:selectMenuItem({"View", "Search vault"})
-- for menubar item mode
hs.eventtap.keyStroke({"cmd"}, "f")
else
hs.alert.show("😕 Unable to activate Bitwarden app")
end
else
hs.alert.show("😕 Bitwarden app not found")
end
end
hs.hotkey.bind({"cmd", "alt"}, '\\', launch_bitwarden_search)
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https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/create-keyboard-shortcuts-windows-10
If you have the Bitwarden for Windows app installed, you can set a custom global hotkey to access it.
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