macOS: Password text cursor blinks on startup without focus

[MonkeyBars3k]

Overview

It's poor UX to have a blinking cursor when any field does not actually have focus and can't be typed into. macOS (and probably other OS) convention dictates no text cursor at all. This is also a security problem since user may mistakenly type KPXC database password into another window which does have focus.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open a database
2. Close KeePassXC
3. Click into another window's form field
4. Reopen KeePassXC

Expected Behavior

KeePassXC opens without any cursor in the password field

Actual Behavior

KeePassXC opens with a blinking cursor in the password field

Context

macOS 12.7.5

KeePassXC - Version 2.6.4 Revision: 34a78f0

Qt 5.15.2 Debugging mode is disabled.

Operating system: macOS 12.7 CPU architecture: x86_64 Kernel: darwin 21.6.0

Enabled extensions:

• Auto-Type
• Browser Integration
• SSH Agent
• KeeShare (signed and unsigned sharing)
• YubiKey
• TouchID

Cryptographic libraries:

• libgcrypt 1.9.1

[droidmonkey]

You are running an extremely old version of keepassxc

[MonkeyBars3k]

Oops! Sorry about that.

But latest version solves this issue by stealing focus. Is there a way to prevent that?

[droidmonkey]

Minimize on startup? I really don't understand your problem to be honest.

[MonkeyBars3k]

Stealing focus is generally considered insecure and inconvenient as one may be in the middle of typing in another window.

[droidmonkey]

You can prevent that behavior right now by enabling minimize on startup. We have an open issue already to remove the focus on start behavior.