Feature request: Copy password on click

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Would Be nice if there was an option to make it copy password to clipboard on 
clicking an entry.
My passwords are usually impossible to type so seeing it doesn't actually help 
me at ask, I always have to go to edit view and copy it from there.

Suggestions for implementation (ordered from simple to userfriendly but 
probably hard to implement):

A) on click copy password to clipboard

B) copy customizable string to clipboard. E.g <password>, <user>#<password>, 
<url>#<user>#<password>

C) on click create notifications for user and password that, when clicked, copy 
the respective text to clipboard. Very useful when you have to full multiple 
texts you don't remember.

For additional safety clipboard content could be erased after x seconds to 
prevent exposing your password later on.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by lar...@gmail.com on 20 Sep 2010 at 10:29

[GoogleCodeExporter]

This feature already exists.  Do the following:

- in the list of secrets, highlight the one whose password you want to copy to 
the clipboard
- choose option menu "To clip"

Original comment by roge...@google.com on 20 Sep 2010 at 3:40

• Changed state: Invalid

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Opening again because there are other features also mentioned in the 
description.

Original comment by roge...@google.com on 20 Sep 2010 at 3:42

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

[GoogleCodeExporter]

The existing copy-feature only works on phones with physical keyboard. On 
phones without there's no way to highlight the entry.

Original comment by lar...@gmail.com on 30 Nov 2010 at 2:35

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Hi larskl,

On my Nexus One, which has no keyboard, I can use the trackball to highlight 
the desired entry.  What device are you using?

Original comment by roge...@google.com on 30 Nov 2010 at 4:40

[GoogleCodeExporter]

using a Galaxy S and a Xperia X10, both of which don't have a trackball. My 
previous post should have been s/physical keyboard/trackball/ I guess

Original comment by lar...@gmail.com on 30 Nov 2010 at 8:52

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Googles own nexus s will be having this issue as it had neither keyboard nor 
trackball

Original comment by lar...@gmail.com on 14 Dec 2010 at 1:14

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Like the changes in 1.9.8
Would be great if you could implement even more, e.g. what's suggested in B and 
C

Original comment by lar...@gmail.com on 12 May 2011 at 4:43

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Copying <user> is coming soon.
Copying <user>#<password> is an interesting suggestion.
Auto clearing the clipboard is trickier, needs some thought.

Original comment by roge...@google.com on 12 May 2011 at 5:27

[GoogleCodeExporter]

with gingerbreads word selection "user password" would probably be better than 
"user#pass", one could just "copy all", "paste" into user field, then "select 
word", "cut", "paste" into pass field. but that's just a small detail.

notifications would be great, but I guess it's not gonna happen anytime soon

Original comment by lar...@gmail.com on 12 May 2011 at 5:32

[GoogleCodeExporter]

The idea behind "copy to clipboard" is to allow you to enter your password into 
another app on your phone, without ever revealing it.  Imagine a situation 
where you need your password to login into a website, but someone is looking 
over your shoulder as you use your phone.  Showing the full 
URL/username/password so that you can select what to copy to the clipboard is 
does not help in this situation.

Can you further explain the problem you are trying to solve with 
"notifications"?  In what workflow would you use it?

Original comment by roge...@google.com on 12 May 2011 at 7:39

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the notification shouldn't show the username/pass but just say "click to copy x 
to clipboard".
usecase: if you have a lot of different usernames (like me, basicly one for 
every site) you have to get both username and pass from Secrets. So right now I 
look at the entry, copy username, paste username in site, back to Secrets, 
enter pass again, find entry again, copy pass, paste pass in site. With 
notifications it'd be: 1. Select entry in Secrets, 2. go to site, 3. click 
notification for username, 4. paste username, 5&6=repeat 3&4 for pass. Could of 
course be improved in that there's no notification for username but that's 
copied to clipboard right away (or vv).

Original comment by lar...@gmail.com on 12 May 2011 at 7:52

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Thanks for the excellent description.  Agreed, that is a very cool idea.  Let 
me look into it.

Original comment by roge...@gmail.com on 12 May 2011 at 8:09

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concept for a realistic implementation: in prefs add these options:
[ ] on click copy username to clipboard
[x] on click copy password to clipboard (enabled by default to produce the 
current behaviour)
[ ] on click show notification for username
[ ] on click show notification for password
with the user being able to select either 1 or 2 (as clipboard can't contain 2 
items at once) but either of them in conjunction with 3 and 4

Original comment by lar...@gmail.com on 12 May 2011 at 8:25