Move quick copy actions for username, password, and TOTP from inside the three-dot-menu

Feature Requests Password Manager
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I was kindly told to move my GitHub issue here, so my feature request is rather in the form of an “issue”. :sweat_smile:

Basically, I would like to improve the UX by moving the quick copy actions to be visible in the web view, and not hidden behind a menu, as there is plenty of space.

Thanks!

Steps To Reproduce

View a vault using the web app. Find the item you want to copy & paste the username and password for to log in to a site. These actions are inside of the small vertical three-dot menu. This makes it difficult and slow to access. Requiring 2 clicks to copy each, plus navigating back to the site/app where you are logging in between. Additionally, the click target is very small as it is an icon only, making it more difficult

Expected Result

The most common actions of copying the username, password, and TOTP should be top level buttons in the list of vault items.

Actual Result

It’s slow, difficult (especially for people with pointer mobility issues), and annoying to dig out the most used functionality.

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Additional Context

The design is not responsive or created for small screens so it is expected that there is plenty of real estate. In fact, at a moderate size, most rows are half whitespace (checkbox, icon, name, owner, three dot menu). There is so much space to put buttons in the main row. This is done (I think a preference?) in the browser extension where there is far less space, so there is precedence.

Additionally, the Owner row disappears when the screen gets smaller, so there is also precedence for hiding elements when there isn’t room. On small viewports, moving the buttons back to the menu makes sense.

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Copying usernames and passwords should be a first class citizen in bitwarden password manager. However to achieve just that I need to perfectly point my mouse to the small three dots at the right and then select the desired action. In the new design there is a lot of space in the table between the “Name” and “Owner” Column. Why not include one or two small shorthand buttons to copy the password and/or username (maybe only on wide screens)? Seems like a nice and easy feature. Second thing that would be great for me, is when I could just click anywhere in the list to get to the detail page of the item I clicked on instead of this only working when clicking on the title.

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@pschuetz Welcome to the forum!

Could you please clarify what exactly you mean?

You tagged your request as “app:desktop”, but I don’t even see the “small three dots at the right” in the current desktop app (though, that might be because of some redesign going on):

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So please clarify if you meant something else - or if your request maybe even resolved itself because of the redesigns going on.

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I changed the topic’s app: tag from app:desktop to app:web-vault, because the request(s) only make sense in the context of the Web Vault app.

@pschuetz If you have not already discovered Bitwarden’s browser extensions, you should consider using one of those instead of using the Web Vault for day-to-day password management use.

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Ho… right… :+1:

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@pschuetz I moved your post into this feature request to the same topic.

@meriadoc Same suggestion as @grb made to @pschuetz: for daily usage, the browser extensions have advantages over the web vault (one main reason: being able to use autofill) - and I can’t remember if I ever used the copy functions in the web vault at all.

On the other hand I can understand your request, and it may be warranted, as there indeed would be enough space for some buttons.

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@Nail1684 I agree. Unfortunately, due to my situation, I am regularly using Bitwarden without being able to use the apps or browser extension. Autofill would be great, but isn’t an option, so making the copy/paste flow as smooth as possible would be so helpful. As much keyboard as possible (tabbing & shortcuts) and easy to hit mouse targets.

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Okay, but in such a situation it also sounds problematic, using the clipboard. I think it would cost one or two more clicks, but I would probably use drag & fill then for usernames, passwords and TOTP codes.

(PS: The link is from autofill / browser extension - but “drag & fill” also works with the web vault and desktop app.)

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I’m assuming you mean due to security of using an unknown system / public computer? I’d think that if that is such a strong security concern then the functionality should probably be completely disabled on the web vault.

But as it is, copy/paste exists and is allowed. I’d just like to see the UX around it improved.

The drag/drop is a handy feature if I’m already on the View screen, and I was unaware of it, so thanks for that piece. (just doesn’t solve my initial problem/ask!)

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That adds to it. As the clipboard – and their unencryptedly stored information – can be accessed by other processes, I try to avoid the clipboard as much as possible on my own (and hopefully “secure”) systems. I’m not sure if I would use the clipboard at all in your situation.

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Other processes running on your devices, even “reputable” apps, routinely snoop on the clipboard contents (perhaps to collect marketing data, or to “enhance user experience”). On Apple mobile devices using iOS 14 and above, you are now warned when random apps want to read the clipboard contents, but to my knowledge, no such warnings are available in other operating systems. Thus, it would be prudent to assume that anything copied to your system clipboard on a non-iOS system is at high risk of being leaked to various third parties, and warehoused in various user information databases, the security of which is completely unknown.

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You’re arguing a different point. And perhaps that needs to be solved first. Should Bitwarden allow copy to clipboard (at least in the webapp) as a UI affordance at all? That’s a fair question to raise, but to my eyes as a user, it has already been answered as Yes by nature of the feature being implemented. I am working under the assumption that somewhere, a team decided that building copy password to clipboard was acceptable and desired.

I’m asking, based on that, that the interface around the functionality be improved.

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If this was addressed to me, I was not “arguing” anything, I was merely answering the question you had posed in your previous comment:

 

For the record, I have no strong opinion for or against this feature request.

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Sorry, that language (especially in text) was too strong. Let’s go with discussing/debating a different though related issue. Thanks for the info on where security issues could arise though (both of you).

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