Keepassxc: Clear-text passwords shown in overview

Created on 6 Apr 2019 · 4Comments · Source: keepassxreboot/keepassxc

Expected Behavior

I would expect the password column to hide the password, just like the details panel.

Current Behavior

After upgrading to 2.4.0, passwords are shown in clear text:
grafik

Context

I have

"Hide passwords in the entry preview panel" turned on

Was there some setting introduced to allow this behavior that I might have accidentally turned on? I couldn't find one.

Debug Info

KeePassXC - Version 2.4.0
Revision: c51752d

Libraries:

Qt 5.12.2
libgcrypt 1.8.4

Operating system: Manjaro Linux
CPU architecture: x86_64
Kernel: linux 5.0.5-1-MANJARO

Enabled extensions:

Auto-Type
Browser Integration
SSH Agent
KeeShare (only unsigned sharing)
YubiKey

Source

simolus3

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Most helpful comment

It might be helpful, and reduce bug reports for this, if the settings text was:
Hide passwords in the entry preview panel. Use CTRL+SHIFT+C to toggle visibility in password column.
Showing the hotkey on the column context menu or a hotkeys settings panel would also help.
Also, CTRL+H would be more intuitive for those coming from stock KeePass.

nniesen on 6 Apr 2019

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All 4 comments

Right click the header of the entries list and choose "hide passwords". Or press CTRL+SHIFT+C.

droidmonkey on 6 Apr 2019

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nniesen on 6 Apr 2019

👍6

The default setting is to hide the passwords in the entry view. The showing of passwords was actually broken in 2.3.x so people had it enabled without knowing it. I think the settings are clearly worded, I adjusted the wording for 2.4.0. This is more about going from broken state to working and not realizing the column visibility was turned on all along.

droidmonkey on 6 Apr 2019

Just had a shock because of this and was about to file a bug regarding this because I haven't found an option regarding this.

There is a very specific reason about why I hit Ctrl+Shift+C, approximately after 2.4.0 the "Open URL" changed to Ctrl+Shift+U and my workflow:

Ctrl+F
Ctrl+U
Alt+Tab
Ctrl+B
[…]

doesn't work reliably anymore. The username or password isn't always copied without using the mouse… probably during this it happend and I didn't even realize.