Web form clearing when App switching

Hey @wkleem! That's an interesting issue. Where did you hear about it on the forum before? Perhaps that will provide some context. :)

Are these networks the type that are open, then you connect to them and enter a guest password/access code in an authentication window? Copy and pasting from 1Password shouldn't be any different than from another app in that case if you're referring to the authentication window's fields disappearing. I'll need a bit more info to go deeper though. Please do take a screenshot if you get the chance.

@wkleem Thanks for those details! As Khad mentioned back in 2012, there's unfortunately nothing we can do to help with pasting passwords on these websites. To make entering them manually easier, you can use words for your password. In the password generator, just choose the Words tab and you can generate strong passwords that way, which are a lot easier to type and remember on the fly. :) If you'd like these websites to accept pasting, I'd recommend getting in touch with the folks who develop them. Hope that helps!

Greetings @wkleem,

I'd just like to ask a question question about the copy and pasting. When you said earlier

Each time I try to copy paste in between 1Password and iOS Wifi settings (invokes a web form), the login fields go blank.

Is it that you can copy and paste a single field but it's when you jump between 1Password for iOS and the login screen that it clears the already filled fields? That I have experienced and the only recourse I've found is if I insist on a nice strong password (which I do prefer to do) to copy and paste the password before manually typing in my username/email address. I suffer the same issue with a couple of iOS apps as well as the few times I've used a public Wi-Fi hotspot. Given swapping between the two iOS apps is the cause there's no workaround we can offer. It's frustrating but sometimes we're limited by the operating system.

Ah, one of those where they actively disable pasting. I never understand the point of this, all it can ever really do is force people to dumb down passwords to ones that are a combination of memorable and are easy to type (to reduce the number of typos). Oh well, this is the game we have to keep playing for now.

@wkleem: Indeed. I'm sorry for the trouble, and I feel your pain! For this reason, I very much hate these types of "captive portal" Wi-Fi hotspot logins. They're pretty user hostile as you describe, and, to add insult to injury, I find I have to re-login to them more frequently too, since the credentials cannot be saved in the iOS Keychain like a standard secured Wi-Fi network.

It's important to note that none of this happens anywhere 1Password can go: Safari or 1Browser; it's within the Settings app, under Wi-Fi. There's simply no way for 1Password to integrate with that.

Unfortunately the only way this will improve is if Apple makes this experience a bit better at the OS level (by not clearing the page when multitasking) or the providers themselves make it easier by at least allowing us to copy and paste credentials. Hang in there! :angry:

I'm not aware of substantial changes in this area, so I don't want to get your hopes up. But I'd be glad to be proven wrong! :lol:

Wow. Not that I'm aware of. iOS 9.3.1 came out in March and this is the first I've heard of it. Not being able to connect to Wi-Fi at all sounds horrific, and would effectively brick an iPod touch since it wouldn't have a cellular connection to fall back on. :scream:

The problem with Wi-Fi is it could be so many things (hardware/software in multiple places) . So frustrating. :angry: