Can you get older versions of the 1Password extension for Chrome? [Yes for the moment]

@femich - what version of 1Password for Windows PC are you using and what is it that you don't like about this new version of the extension?

As soon as you invoke the 1Password extension, just start typing to filter the list to show Logins with matching title, URL, or tag. If you right click on an item from the 1Password extension you can select to open it in the 1Password app. There is no way to use an older version of the extension. I will pass on your feedback on this. Thanks!

@femich - I will pass on your concerns.

It also seems like if you have an exact match you have to arrow down/up and select it rather than just hitting enter under the previous version.

@femich If you have an exact match (and one match only), then you do not have to arrow down. You can simply hit Enter, and then the extension should "Go & Fill" your Login item.

Hi @femich,

It does say searching for xxx but it does not show until you stop typing. Thanks for the input on adjusting/deleting characters from the search query.

We have to generate a new menu to show you results and if we try to do this for each character you type, it will flicker and might be slow because we have to rerun the search each single time.

By waiting until you're done, we only need to run once and it'll generate a new menu for you.

That's why you do get a better experience in the search window by selecting Search... menu instead.

I guess I miss it when you had multiple matches and if you pressed enter it used the top one.

I think that's because you're used to the search window, which automatically select the first item by default. My understanding is that this is a limitation of the UI component we use for the menu, it doesn't let us predefine the first item as selected but it can for the list view we use in the search window.

Hi @Rob Davidson,

Thanks for your feedback on the newer extensions. We do understand and we do plan to improve the extension UI in the future.

Note: you don't have to install the previous version of the 1Password program just to install the previous extension, there's a way to install the extension v3 separately even with 1Password 4 program installed. We do not recommend this method as older extensions will be phased out by the browsers in the near future.

Hi @Rob Davidson,

Would you please post a link to download the v3 extensions so that others can easily get them if they find this thread?

The link can be found link. Again, we do not recommend using older extensions that we will not be supporting.

I understand the need to improve but the v4 extensions really feel like a hard step backwards, and it would be REALLY nice if the new extension looked, felt, and worked more like the old one..

The previous extensions had its UI built in HTML/CSS/JS and was rendered by the browser because we had a local database stored in the extension that will allow you to use the data locally in the extension and sync it with the main 1Password program. We ran into a lot of limitations and issues with this setup. So, we found a much better method by moving the data and UI out of the extension and into 1Password Helper, our native background service running on your computer that will communicate to your extensions via websocket. Unfortunately, there isn't an easy and quick way to build a flexible UI we want the 1Password Helper to be but we will work on it.

You're welcome! Thanks for your kind feedback.