Support for partially hidden passwords autofill

[Sivar (Sivarion Anatornel)]

Hello

Some sites use partially hidden passwords like the one below. Sadly Bitwarden does not handle it very well and therefore I’m not able to use good, complex passwords and need to stick with something simple and human manageable. I remember 1Password had similar functionality, but poorly implemented - it displayed password with corresponding numbers next to each letter.

Is there any way for Bitwarden to autofill passwords like these?

[dh024 (David H)]

Yes, you can do this in the BW browser extension. See here:

Add a reference number under password characters for websites that require 3rd, 7th, 12th character

Hi Patrick, this exists in the browser extension thanks to a community contribution. After you view an item, and select the password as viewable, the character count option will appear. [Screen Shot 2022-08-14 at 7.57.05 AM]

[cksapp (Kent)]

Edit: David seems to be a bit quicker on the draw than I was.

[Sivar (Sivarion Anatornel)]

Thank you
I wonder if it is possible to use autofill on this type of password prompts?
This solution is, of course, enough to use more complex passwords on websites, but it still requires manually checking letters and writing them in browser. Not to mention, that this feature is not available on mobile app.

[dh024 (David H)]

I believe another community member here, @danmullen, was able to find a way to do this. But I can’t seem to find where he described it. Hopefully he sees this thread and chimes in. Cheers.

[go12 (Gary O)]

here are a few resources on the topic. some already mentioned.
prior community thread from Dan Mullen

Add a reference number under password characters for websites that require 3rd, 7th, 12th character

Just to add to my post further up this topic… …I have discovered that many more sites are capable of working in this way. I usually check the names of the character form fields and, if they are named “char1”, “char2”, etc., I add them as custom fields. The problem has always been where the form fields aren’t named that way. Yesterday, I found that you can use the label text rather than the form field ID or name, e.g. “Please enter the fourth digit from your passcode”. In this way, I’ve be…

Dan Mullen spoke about this on the recent Community Forum

Bitwarden Community Forum - Crowdcast

Feature pull request

feat: add hidden char count toggle

[danmullen]

Here you go:

Add a reference number under password characters for websites that require 3rd, 7th, 12th character

I also have a number of accounts where only certain characters from the password are required. Something I do that works about half the time (depending on how the site is coded) is store individual characters as custom fields. For example: My password is EXAMPLE1 The site is coded so if they want characters 2, 4 and 8, the form fields are named “passwordChar2”, “passwordChar4” and “passwordChar8”. Check this by viewing the page HTML source. I store custom fields called “passwordChar1”, “passwo…

That is how I handle these type of entries.