Keepassxc: Disable "Perform Autotype" button by default.

[Bretzky]

I just hit this button by accident, not even aware it existed, and it posted my email & password in irc.

[droidmonkey]

The button is still there in 2.4.0, but we changed the shortcut to CTRL+SHIFT+V to prevent accidentally activating it.

[Germano0]

Please
@phoerious @TheZ3ro @droidmonkey
do add an option to completely disable auto type. You don't have idea how many times I runned it by mistake either by pressing the wrong keyboard combo or clicking the wrong entry. It's definitely a "time bomb"
Moreover the "confirm before auto type" does not work https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/579

[ddombrowsky]

:+1: +1
This can be disabled per-entry, but cannot be disabled globally, afaik. This is a bug. I've had to change multiple passwords because C-v is right next to C-b.

[ddombrowsky]

changing the global shortcut key doesn't seem to do anything either :/

[droidmonkey]

If you don't want to use autotype at all you can delete the "default autotype sequence" in the root group to effectively disable the CTRL+V action. It will still switch windows, but nothing will type.

You could enable autotype on a per-entry basis by defining a sequence for that entry. Or you can do it for a group by disabling inherit from parent.

[ddombrowsky]

That would be an acceptable workaround, except it doesn't seem to work. Changing it to blank will reset it back to "use default." I can change it to a "space" however, which I will do now.

This is in 2.3.1, the version installed in ubuntu 18.04's packages.

[droidmonkey]

Good to know!

[ochilan]

What happens if you set "Auto-Type" to "Disable" instead of "Inherit from parent group" in the Root group (instead of modifying the Auto-Type sequence)? The corresponding drop-down menu is also visible in the screenshot previously posted by droidmonkey. Once I set this option to Disable, Auto-Type doesn't seem to do anything anymore, as I would expect. I agree though that this option is hidden pretty well.

[wolframroesler]

Considering that some people (including myself ;-) ) would like the old Ctrl-V auto-type back (#3018, #3051) or at least want the hotkey to be configurable (#2689, #3017), how about a new setting "Auto-type hotkey" with three options "Shift-Ctrl-V (recommended)", "Ctrl-V (not recommended)", and "None"?

[phoerious]

I think this issue is non-negotiable. There has been a handful of vocal people wanting the old hotkey back, but the vast majority has just moved on. If we implement customizable hotkeys one day, this might be included, but we will not implement hotkey customizations because of this.