This is a really common use case where a website cannot be auto-filled and I have to go search the browser extension manually.
When I find the correct login, I click to copy the username/email, then paste it into the corresponding form field.
By doing this, the bitwarden extension pop up window disappears and my spot in the extension window is lost. When this happens, I have to start the scenario from scratch and search for the correct login again. Once found, I can click on the password icon to copy the password.
This is a very common use case and has been bugging me for years.
This is why I am finally recording this here.
Is there something I am missing? Am i using it wrong? I canât be the only one with this issue.
Possible solutions:
keep the extension window open when a user name is copied.
Have you tried the right-click context menu? As long as the site has a matching login, it will contain the username/password copy options, even if autofill doesnât work.
All I am saying is that its a common use case to search and then copy credentials when autofill doesnt work. It would be made easier if the popup window could stay visible. This is about streamlining the existing user interaction.
Lots of existing solutions have been mentioned here already. You can also popout the BW extension window so it floats independently of your main browser window. It wonât disappear then.
This suggestion is for Bitwarden browser extension
Hello, Iâm one of those people who switched from LastPass to Bitwarden and canât even express how happy I am with Bitwarden and how great it feels comparing to LastPass. Anyway, I have a small suggestion for it. I think it would be very useful if devs would put âAlways on Topâ option in settings. Sometimes I want to copy things from Bitwarden and paste them on the website, however whenever I copy something and then click on the website to paste it, Bitwarden chrome extension doesnât stay opened, it closes, so I need to click on it again, go in secure notes, find the note I was trying to copy and continue like this, which is a bit tiring you will agree. So, I think simple âAlways on Topâ option would be very useful.
Hi @dean0919 - welcome to the forums and welcome to Bitwarden!
We do have a âpop-outâ option that we think is a cool option . If you open the browser extension and click the little box with the arrow (as seen below) - itâll stay open until you close it.
But! Another nifty trick (if youâre a Firefox user) - is our side-bar support, which is awesome:
Hi tgreer,
Iâm Chrome user, so second trick wonât work for me.
I just tried that âpop-outâ option. Not bad, but still itâs not what I suggested. It does stay opened, but it gets minimized when you click on the website to paste copied content. It would be much easier if you guys would add simple option to stay on top for Bitwarden in settings, so users could easily copy/paste things from there to the websites without minimizing
Great! I didnât know this little option. Thanks for mentioning it.
It does. But it disappears in the background if you click back into the website. So you have to put the Bitwarden window into the foreground again. Thatâs what @dean0919 meant. It would be great if there was an option for this separate windows to always stay on top.
I documented some potential task flows for the browser extension that were meant to address a different UI frustration, but I think may also address yours. Take a look and let me know if you think this would help or if it could be improved at all:
I think instead of a popout button there should be a keep open button. When in keep open mode there should be a cancel keep open mode and popout button
Some websites require multiple fields to be copied and pasted.
So you would search chrome extension for the item card you want and click âView Itemâ to display it.
you can copy one field, but as soon as you click the website you want to paste it, the âView Itemâ card would close. This is annoying as you need to search for the item again and again when you have multiple fields to copy-paste.
Enpass has a little anchor button that would make the card persistent and always on top until you close it or it times out.
Please add a âlock to screenâ push-pin icon feature in browser extensions top corner view so Bitwarden stays open when mouse clicks another app window. Clicking icon again should unlock with icon change that appears to have rotated.
A user definable auto-timeout would be nice if thereâs any interest, but not essential for this user like the description above is.
If you click the arrow icon at the top left of the extension pop-up, itâll break out into its own little window. Not quite what youâre asking for, but it solves the problem of it disappearing when you click elsewhere.
Hi @SamH! Just wondering if there was a certain UX difference in a push-pin vs. the pop-out action? Extensions canât stay open indefinitely, which is why the pop-out is used, so even a push-pin option would still pop-out
