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[FEAT] Allow viewing entry from keyboard when "auto-filling"

Open vertigo220 opened this issue 1 month ago • 2 comments

Sometimes, I need to fill something other than username/password, and it's currently difficult to do so. If I use the Keepass2Android keyboard and search for an entry, all it allows me to do is to select the different components of the entry which then auto-fills those fields. In order to view the entry to see other info, e.g. notes, to be able to copy/paste something else, I need to open Keepass2Android independently and search for the entry and select it that way.

There should be an option to open/view the entry from the keyboard so text can be manually copy/pasted or read/typed. For example, instead of selecting notes which attempts to paste the entirety of the notes, it should allow the user to view the notes, ideally allowing them to select the appropriate text and send it through the keyboard, avoiding the clipboard.

vertigo220 avatar Nov 08 '25 08:11 vertigo220

While I agree a simple "open current entry" button would be useful, you should not be misusing the Notes field to store actual data. Create a custom field for it instead.

hackel avatar Nov 27 '25 18:11 hackel

While I agree a simple "open current entry" button would be useful, you should not be misusing the Notes field to store actual data. Create a custom field for it instead.

Easier said than done when there are hundreds of entries from over a decade of use, not to mention many notes don't easily fit into a custom field. And I think the whole notion of notes being "misused" like this is strange. It's all encrypted the same, and while yes, as notes they can't be "sent" in a secure manner and instead require copy/paste, that's not always a concern, and notes are far easier to use, both in entering data and, at least for the desktop app, for seeing it.

vertigo220 avatar Nov 28 '25 21:11 vertigo220