Desktop Feature Request: Hotkey + Quick Paste
Using the AuthPass Desktop Client multiple times every day, including for TOTP, I lack a function that would very much simplify the daily workflow.
In my understanding the following keyboard shortcuts are currently available:
• Ctrl+F Search for entries
• Ctrl+C Copy selected field
• Ctrl+V Paste from clipboard
• Tab Navigate between fields
• Drag left Copy username
• Drag right Copy password
Current situation
This keyboard shortcuts are all great, but I still need to shift between my browser and AuthPass in order to copy-paste the different fields in order to login to a website, this would be my
current workflow:
1. Browser: go to secure website (UserID field most often selected automatically)
2. Shift to AuthPass
3. Find website credentials
4. Copy username (or drag left)
5. Shift to browser
6. Paste data
7. Shift to AuthPass
8. Copy password (or drag right)
9. Shift to browser and select next field
10. Paste data
11. Shift to AuthPass
12. Copy TOTP (no dragging)
13. Shift to browser and select next field
14. Paste data
15. Enter secure website
Proposed Solution
What I would appreciate would be to have a Global Hotkey predefined (and user-adjustable inside the AuthPass app. By pressing this key, AuthPass would be opened in a small floating window on top of any desktop windows. This window would include all the fields available, but also with a small button next to each field that would paste its contents wherever a cursor is active on screen.
Revised workflow
1. Browser: go to secure website (UserID field most often selected automatically)
2. Hotkey to open AuthPass
3. Find website credentials
4. AuthPass/UserID: Click on “Quick Paste button”
5. Browser: select next field
6. AuthPass/Password: Click on “Quick Paste button”
7. Browser: select next field
8. AuthPass/TOTP: Click on “Quick Paste button”
9. Enter secure website
The keyboard shortcuts and drag left/right would still be kept, in order to let users continue work as before if they prefer it.
Additional Note
For reference, the https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.tomjwatson.Emote using this functionality to keep the workflow as simple as possible for the user.
I am also aware of the possibility to set a Global Hotkey directly in the Desktop Environment, but by letting users AuthPass set it inside the app, like Emote (and many other apps) it would simplify for many users.
OS affected
Windows 11, Linux Mint 22, probably also MacOS
