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Feature Request: Copy username / copy password notifications #174

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opened 2025-11-07 08:29:55 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 3 comments
GiteaMirror commented 2025-11-07 08:29:55 -06:00
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Originally created by @bithooked on GitHub (Jan 13, 2018).

Now that Android is cracking down on accessibility APIs, one thing that I would like to support is the "Add Copy Notifications" feature that some competitors have. The way the feature works is, you go into your Vault, find the site you need user/pass for, long press, and select the option "Add Copy Notifications". Immediately, two Notifications are added to your Notification shade. One says "Copy Username", the other "Copy Password". Then you go back to the app you need to input a user/pass, click the Copy Username notification which copies the username into the clipboard, then paste it into the login form. Then repeat for password. It's not as good as autofill, but it beats going back and forth to Bitwarden multiple times if you don't have autofill.

On clicking the notification, the notification should dissappear - its a one time use notification for obvious reasons. The competitor apps also seem to somehow clear the clipboard after a period of time.

In addition to the obvious on-phone benefits, one of the reasons I want this feature is the Fire TV use case. Typing a Bitwarden-generated password into a arrow-navigated on-screen-keyboard is brutal. I use the Fire TV remote control on my phone, since you can just copy from Bitwarden in your phone, and paste into the remote app on the same phone, and voila you quickly input your entire user/pass on the TV. However, when you leave the app (go to get your password from Bitwarden), it disconnects from the Fire TV. And for some reason, most of the time when I come back to the FireTV from Bitwarden, the entire Fire TV remote app hangs. It's pretty painful, but the process would be pretty easy with Copy Notifications.

Originally created by @bithooked on GitHub (Jan 13, 2018). Now that Android is cracking down on accessibility APIs, one thing that I would like to support is the "Add Copy Notifications" feature that some competitors have. The way the feature works is, you go into your Vault, find the site you need user/pass for, long press, and select the option "Add Copy Notifications". Immediately, two Notifications are added to your Notification shade. One says "Copy Username", the other "Copy Password". Then you go back to the app you need to input a user/pass, click the Copy Username notification which copies the username into the clipboard, then paste it into the login form. Then repeat for password. It's not as good as autofill, but it beats going back and forth to Bitwarden multiple times if you don't have autofill. On clicking the notification, the notification should dissappear - its a one time use notification for obvious reasons. The competitor apps also seem to somehow clear the clipboard after a period of time. In addition to the obvious on-phone benefits, one of the reasons I want this feature is the Fire TV use case. Typing a Bitwarden-generated password into a arrow-navigated on-screen-keyboard is brutal. I use the Fire TV remote control on my phone, since you can just copy from Bitwarden in your phone, and paste into the remote app on the same phone, and voila you quickly input your entire user/pass on the TV. However, when you leave the app (go to get your password from Bitwarden), it disconnects from the Fire TV. And for some reason, most of the time when I come back to the FireTV from Bitwarden, the entire Fire TV remote app hangs. It's pretty painful, but the process would be pretty easy with Copy Notifications.
GiteaMirror commented 2025-11-07 08:29:56 -06:00
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@kspearrin commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2018):

I am confused as to how this is different than just copying the value from the app. If you're already in the app to spawn the notification why not just copy the value to clipboard?

@kspearrin commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2018): I am confused as to how this is different than just copying the value from the app. If you're already in the app to spawn the notification why not just copy the value to clipboard?
GiteaMirror commented 2025-11-07 08:29:56 -06:00
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@bithooked commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2018):

Because you cannot copy both username and password at the same time. Some apps even lose state when you leave, making the multiple trips back to Bitwarden impossible.

@bithooked commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2018): Because you cannot copy both username and password at the same time. Some apps even lose state when you leave, making the multiple trips back to Bitwarden impossible.
GiteaMirror commented 2025-11-07 08:29:56 -06:00
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@kspearrin commented on GitHub (Mar 8, 2018):

We are moving away from tracking Bitwarden feature requests like this one as GitHub issues. We have created a Bitwarden Community Forum which has a section for submitting, voting for, and discussing product feature requests.

Please sign up on our forums, search to see if this request already exists. If so, you can vote for it and contribute to any discussions about it. If not, you can re-create the request there so that it can be properly tracked.

This issue will now be closed. Thanks!

@kspearrin commented on GitHub (Mar 8, 2018): We are moving away from tracking Bitwarden feature requests like this one as GitHub issues. We have created a [Bitwarden Community Forum](https://community.bitwarden.com) which has a section for submitting, voting for, and discussing product [feature requests](https://community.bitwarden.com/c/feature-requests). Please [sign up on our forums](https://community.bitwarden.com/signup), search to see if this request already exists. If so, you can vote for it and contribute to any discussions about it. If not, you can re-create the request there so that it can be properly tracked. This issue will now be closed. Thanks!
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