Just another user migrating off LastPass requesting this feature. Thanks for your consideration.
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I’m also migrating from LastPass requesting this feature.
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I am also migrating away from Lastpass with my family. Currently testing out Bitwarden and 1Password. For the less tech savvy people like my mom this overlay icon feature would make Bitwarden much more usable. Especially as she is already used to this from Lastpass. Please take it in consideration, even if the real IT guys love Bitwarden already, they might want to make the move with their family on the Family plan 
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Please! We moved from 1P families to BW, and we all miss this feature. It’s really useful and makes using a password manager a lot more friendly.
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Yes, please add this. Just moved away from LastPass and this is super handy to have.
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Here to bump this also, sorry to be annoying about it but trying to get the fam to move over to this and for whatever dumb reason this is turning into a showstopper
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Hey there, there are inherent security risks with implementing overlay popup that are being researched, but you can just have them enable autofill on page-load (can also be misused by bad actors) Autofill Logins in Browser Extensions | Bitwarden Help Center
The keyboard shortcut is the most security conscious Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + L but ‘on page load’ also allows a seamless experience:
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A keyboard shortcut will never work for non-power users. Even I don’t really want to learn new keyboard shortcuts. I can live with autofill / the addon-icon, but there are a lot of us who also needs to sell this to partners / family, and for them an overlay is essential.
You can re-map mouse buttons to keyboard shortcuts. Depending on what type of mouse you have, you may be able to use the manufacturer’s drivers to do this configuration, otherwise there are plenty of third-party utilities.
Sorry, if something doesn’t work out of the box, without having to use 3rd party tools, remapping things, using clever technics, (or even reading a manual) etc, then it is not meant to be for non-professionals. It means that it’s UX is bad. Try to think like a non-professional. Would they want to do that? No. Bitwarden needs to react to the changing landscape. It needs to adapt to new types of users. If it doesn’t, even I have to go back to Lastpass, because in it’s current state, there is no way I can make my wife use it. I don’t even want to make her use it, because it’s not user friendly at all. And to tell you the truth, if it was my responsibility to choose a password manager for a company, I would definitely not choose Bitwarden. I would not be able to make me users figure out how to use it.
I would suggest 1Password instead of Lastpass, unless user-friendliness is more important to you than security.
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I’m not knocking it and I know everyone’s needs are different, but I really don’t get the fascination around this request. If you don’t want to use keyboard shortcuts, there is an icon that sits at the top of the screen and indicates if there are any saved logins available to autofill. What difference does it make if the icon is at the top of the screen or in the form field?
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What difference does it make if the icon is at the top of the screen or in the form field?
I’m going to take a stab at this: people expect to have either true autofill or a button prompt, because that’s how virtually everything else behaves. Whether it’s a browser or password manager extension, you can almost always expect to find the auto fill prompt sitting in the login fields.
Harkening back to the last comment I made though, this topic is becoming very old and IMO it’s high time to lock it. Whether or not someone wants this feature at this point is basically irrelevant - enough people have spoken to indicate that they desire it. All that’s left is for the BitWarden team (or a community contributor) to implement it. If someone doesn’t see the need for it, they don’t have to enable it or use it.
What difference does it make if the icon is at the top of the screen or in the form field?
Efficiency & a better user experience.
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Hmm, that’s subjective. I find it’s most efficient to hit [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+L. As for the user experience, I prefer not to have extensions adding stuff to pages, so I’d switch the option off if it’s ever added.
I’m not saying Bitwarden shouldn’t add it - if a large number of users would find it useful, then as long as it can be done without compromising security, then by all means add it as an option.
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One would argue this is subjective too.
So why add comments to this thread regarding how your personal view (which is subjective just like anyone else’s) on how this would not benefit you or others in the same.
Because it’s a discussion forum. I’m genuinely interested in what benefit people think it adds. Do you only want people to add to this discussion if they agree that it’s a good idea?
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I would think feature request threads should stay on topic in that there should be discussions on how to plan, build, shape what the request should be.
Utilize another thread to have general discussions about security related issues pertaining to overlay or other topics. This thread has now been convoluted with people discussing on how to shoot this request down or the “I’d rather not have/rather not see this feature be implemented”
In fact most other mods from other forums hammer users about staying on topic regarding the thread.
I love using this shortcut as well, but for many sites, I have multiple logins - sometimes quite a few (ie social media where I work with several brands). For another example, all of my family members have a Walgreens account. The NAME on the account indicates who’s account it is (for example, “Walgreens (PenelopePitstop)” ← don’t judge by my old-school cartoon reference 
). The shortcut option fills in an email address or username and password, but I’m not sure who that account corresponds with. Other examples include airlines where the login username is just a member number. I can see the name in the BW titlebar icon, but shifting focus to the title bar or multiple clicks through the contextual menu (right-clicking) 20+ times/day just makes things tedious and aggravating…again, as someone who loves the keyboard shortcut AND who spent many years in LastPass with the in-field popup.
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Bitwarden is designed for each individual vault to be used by one person only (and this is specified in the Terms of Service). Are these shared items?
Also, you may wish to support this feature request: