Feature request for Bitwarden Desktop
LastPass has a Quick Search feature which let you use a shortcut to bring up a search bar, like macOS Spotlight. You could then type in your search, like go and then press CTRL/CMD+C to copy the password, or CTRL/CMD+SHIFT+C to copy the username.
I used that feature all the time to speed things up, and not having it in Bitwarden is unfortunate.
Yeah this was a very efficient feature to have!
I used the CMD + SHIFT + L shortcut for Lastpass all the time. Great feature to have, Iâts been requested for a long time too!
Hi,
in the address bar of Firefox (and of other browsers), one can type a keyword to active a specific search engine. Typing g cats will lead you to google and search for cats.
On the other hand, the Lastpass extension has its own shortcut: lp. So typing lp paypal would open the Paypal website, fill in the credentials AND log in. Which is pretty efficient, for a keyboard shortcut, one must say.
I would love to see this functionality on bitwarden!
Or is there something similar already?
Thanks!
Hi @zinzolin and welcome to the community.
This request is specific to desktop, but as you mentioned browsers. If you are using the Bitwarden Browser extension and press Ctrl/CMD+Shift+Y it will open the extension popup with focus on the search bar. Then you can type your search term and see the search results below.
Regards,
Daniel
The browser shortcut is helpful, of course. However, itâs not the same as the quick search where you can search for every credential of your apps (which probably doesnât need any browser). So if you want to login to a specific app you donât have to open the browser to use the short cut. Just type the shortcut and youâre ready to go.
I love this feature in Lastpass and use it all the time.
Users coming from LastPass or 1Password are likely to miss this feature set when migrating to Bitwarden.
Hereâs an example of the shortcuts I have available on 1Password that I do not have options for on Bitwarden, like op mentions from LastPass. Would be a great quality of life improvement to have something similar for the Bitwarden desktop experience.
@dimike96 - the Bitwarden Desktop App has a pretty rich set of shortcuts. Maybe you werenât aware of them?
Thank you, I am aware of most of those. These features require the app to be open/in-focus/not in the system tray, whereas 1passwordâs âquick accessâ works as long as the program is running, opening an interface similar to the MacOS spotlight feature. This is the main feature request I believe
So currently this is how I copy the password for my second Google account:
Move mouse to the Bitwarden menu bar icon > Click > Cmd+F > Type âgooâ > Tab > Tab > Tab > Enter > Cmd+C
If anyone knows a less terrible way, please let me know
With Quick Search it would ideally be:
Cmd+Shift+L > Type âgooâ > KeyDown > Enter
@djsmith85 hi!
I also support this feature a lot.
I think not many people actually are aware of this browser feature thatâs why there are not many upvotes.
But it surely is a killer productivity feature!
The solution you describe is equal to clicking the browser extension.
Because it saves only one step, which is⌠opening the pop-up.
Youâll still have to click the âopen URLâ icon with a mouse.
Enter/space doesnât work as expected.
Please consider prioritizing this feature request.
LastPass has it and itâs super convenient.
@zinzolin describes the perfect way it should work.
Hi - Recent Lastpass convert here. I really like Bitwarden, but one feature I miss is being able to use Lastpass as a search engine within a browser. The Lastpass browser extension sets this up by default.
From the url/search bar, you just need to precede a search with "lp " and it will search your Lastpass vault and then you can launch the site directly from there without having to take your hands off the keyboard. Itâs so convenient that I stopped using bookmarks in favor of my vault as access was so fast.
I understand one can use a keyboard shortcut (ctrl+shift+u on Linux) to bring the browser extension pop-up, but Iâm finding that takes a few seconds to come up (maybe thatâs cause my machine is slow.)
I certainly donât mind a manual installation, I just couldnât figure out how to set that up either.
Nonetheless, I really like Bitwarden and am happy to support opensource! Thanks for reading.
Replying to get this request unarchived so I can vote for it @bw-admin
1Password desktop app have a very nifty features, quick access :
With a global shortcut, we can easyly, from anywhere copy the login/password/TOTP/⌠of any entry.
Itâs way easier than having to go to the full bitwarden app every time, especially when we have to copy username, then password, then TOTP.
One more vote for this feature. I often have to enter credentials in prompts / terminal windows etc. And the quick search functionality is really needed.
This is also the reason why im currently using Keepass on Windows. I can quickly open the app from anywhere with CTRL+ALT+K and then search (CTRL+F). I wish I could go straight to searching tho.
Is there any way to set up a global hotkey from the OS, which âopensâ the application and passes some extra arguments? That would be huge and would let me set this up independently on different operating systems.
Duplicate of Quick Search feature
Iâve tested both Keeper and KeePassXC and these are another two platforms that have excellent desktop quick search features. This is a key feature Iâm looking for so I donât think Iâll use Bitwarden until it has such a feature
Just found this feature in 1password and I already miss it in Bitwarden. I hope that one day devs will add it. Iâm macos user and I also use Raycast with Bitwarden extension - its almost the same, but without autofill option which is sad 
Actually I donât think that it would be too hard to implement in that Raycast extensionâŚ
Quick search like 1password is definitely needed!!
Adding my vote for a quick search feature. Recently converted from LastPass, and this is the only thing I miss (and very much so).
