MacOS: holding ”option”, ”command” and then pressing ”space” to switch to Finder and bring up a search window there keeps Bitwarden on top when vaults are locked

star-affinity · October 1, 2024, 9:09am

I know this is a very niche kind of concern, but I did a bug report for it on GitHUb which was closed without seemingly much consideration.

Here’s the report in GitHub:

github.com/bitwarden/clients

Holding ”option”, ”command” and then pressing ”space” to switch to Finder and bring up a search window there keeps Bitwarden on top when vaults are locked

opened 06:37PM - 29 Sep 24 UTC

closed 05:01AM - 30 Sep 24 UTC

star-affinity

bug desktop

### Steps To Reproduce 1. Have Bitwarden open, as the frontmost application and… all vaults locked. 3. Hold down down ”option”, ”command” and then press ”space”. 4. This should switch to the Finder and bring up a search there, but for some reason Bitwarden stays as the frontmost application. This does not happen if the vault in Bitwarden is unlocked – then the switch to the Finder as the active application also happens. 5. Of all the applications I use Bitwarden is the only one that behaves this way. ### Expected Result I expect the switch to Finder as the front most app to happen no matter if Bitwarden's vault is locked or not. ### Actual Result Bitwarden stays at the front even if it shouldn't. ### Screenshots or Videos _No response_ ### Additional Context _No response_ ### Operating System macOS ### Operating System Version Sonoma 14.7 ### Installation method Mac App Store ### Build Version 2024.8.2 ### Issue Tracking Info - [X] I understand that work is tracked outside of GitHub. A PR will be linked to this issue should one be opened to address it, but Bitwarden doesn't use fields like "assigned", "milestone", or "project" to track progress.

So what happens is that this keyboard shortcut that usually switches focus to the Finder for some reason doesn’t do that when the Bitwarden desktop app vault is locked, but it does when the vault is unlocked.

I wonder why as I haven’t seen that happen in any other app,
It’s a small thing, but still breaks something that’s consistent elsewhere.

grb · October 1, 2024, 1:50pm

@star-affinity Welcome to the forum!

It seems like the bug report was closed because Bitwarden staff were not able to reproduce the problem.

Perhaps if other users experience the same problem and describe their setup by posting here, it will be possible to determine under what conditions this issue may occur. Returning to GitHub with more information about how to reproduce the observed behavior may convince them to re-open your issue.

star-affinity · October 28, 2024, 11:04pm

Yes I saw that, but I doubt it was properly done because it’s not that difficult to reproduce and I have a hard time believing it’s only on my machine.

Bitwarden unlocked = works as expected, Finder comes to front and a new ”searching this Mac” window is summoned.

Bitwarden locked = Finder window comes up but Bitwarden stays as the frontmost application.

grb · October 28, 2024, 11:08pm

The fact that not one other macOS user has commented in 28 days makes it more likely that it is something particular to your system. Perhaps this thread bump will get more eyes on the issue, though.

Mulled7768 · October 29, 2024, 4:46am

I did not respond earlier because I do not have those shortcuts configured nor would I use them if I did – my idiosyncrasy.

So, I enabled the two Spotlight shortcuts and tested with vault locked and unlocked: No problem, either time.

However, on my Sequoia MacOS, Settings presented (and I enabled) Control-Space and Control-Option-Space as the relevant shortcuts for Spotlight and Finder window searches, not Option-Command-Space. There was also a “Restore defaults” button in Settings so I tried that and it switched to Cmd-Space and Opt-Cmd-Space.

@star-affinity, please check the actual shortcuts in Settings. An OS upgrade may have switched them on you. Otherwise, I agree with the Bitwarden response of no replication of the error, with either the new or old shortcuts.