Keepassxc: Auto-Type key modifiers not implemented

[dotancohen]

Expected Behavior

The string %d in the Autocomplete field should send Alt-D to the application.

Current Behavior

The string %d in the Autocomplete field is sending d to the application.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Replace the Autocomplete field for a website with %d.
2. Invoke autocompletion.
3. I expect the URL field to be focused, but instead a literal d was sent to the page.

Context

Using Firefox 64.0 on Ubuntu Linux 18.10 with KDE 5 and KeepassXC 2.3.1 with no extensions.

[dotancohen]

The feature of % sending ALT is documented here:
https://keepass.info/%0D/help/base/autotype.html

[droidmonkey]

I am not in favor of that syntax at all. Bare words should never be interpreted as special actions. If anything it should be reversed... {%d} should execute ALT+D.

[dotancohen]

@droidmonkey I happen to agree with you, and I personally would prefer {%d} to %d. However, the keepass "spec" is that document and multiple implementations already conform to that spec.

[mara004]

Possibly, a note that key modifiers don't work should be added somwhere in the documentation until they are implemented? Currently, the docs states by mistake that all keys mentioned on the KeePass website would be supported (Quote: "A complete list of supported actions and placeholders can be found at KeePass Auto-Type Action Codes and KeePass Placeholders.")

I do agree with @dotancohen that KeePassXC should use the same notation as KeePass for this functionality (regardless of whether we personally like the syntax), so that people switching from KeePass can easily copy/paste their autotype sequences and do not have to learn two different notations. It would also make documentation easier if autotype was implemented in exactly the same way as in KeePass, then we could keep refering to to its autotype key list.

[droidmonkey]

I'm just going to implement it