Keepassxc: Autotype Shortcuts broken on MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 after update to 2.5.0

[parodymshifter]

After updating through a brew upgrade to KeePassXC 2.5.0 the global auto-type shortcut stopped working until I went into various settings and tinkered with things. The shortcuts started working again after tinkering with various shortcut settings. It's unclear which one actually triggered re-enabling the keyboard shortcuts functioning.

[parodymshifter]

Autotype shortcuts are working sometimes. In the case of the Terminal app the 1st character of the passwords is being dropped, making the feature useless. In other cases the shortcut keys seem to be ignored entirely.

[parodymshifter]

In general autotype shortcuts are completely unreliable on OS X Mojave 10.14.6 since this update.

[mr-falafel]

I have the same issue on Windows 10. It seems to recognise the shortcut, as pressing it prompts me to unlock the database if I haven't already. However, it doesn't enter any credentials for any app. Perhaps it's the window-title reading function that is broken?

[mr-falafel]

Performing a full uninstallation and re-installation has fixed the issue for me...

[XenitXTD]

I have my autotype shortcut set to Option+/ on mac. it was no issue until update now its triggering but also inputing the character that occurs ÷ so I have to manually remove this character from the input field... this wasnt an issue prior to updating to 2.5.0

[HUGHUSR]

The problem I am seeing is:
1) In Firefox
2) Switch to KP
3) Invoke Autotype
4) Finder is switched to before switching back to Firefox (THIS IS THE BUG)
5) Firefox is switched to, and the first character of the username is dropped, because it was typed while Finder was the current app.

[HUGHUSR]

Although I am not using Global AutoType, I have found that if I set the "AutoType Start Delay" to 1500ms, it more or less fixes the problem... but not 100% of the time.

I suspect that problem also has something to do with animation changes in Mojave. I have reduced motion turned on and that also seems to help improve the reliability of autotype.

[droidmonkey]

This seems like a configuration issue on your end, tbh. Although we really should wait for the target window to be fully visible prior to starting.

[HUGHUSR]

Testing in an ElCap VM, it is not a problem. Something changed in Mojave that is causing it to break. (Thanks, Apple!)

BTW, can you please label this post? Don't know how it got created w/o one.

[droidmonkey]

@georgesnow you win, I'm reverting back to Carbon API

[georgesnow]

The immediate workaround i would try is to use a hotkey for global auto type (Mac) that any apps you use doesn’t have assigned. Otherwise if the app uses that shortcut it could invoke auto type and shortcut for that app. That’s why in the case of certain text fields opt+/ will insert a division character(you can see on this page other reserved option shortcuts https://www.webnots.com/option-or-alt-key-shortcuts-to-insert-symbols-in-mac-os-x/).

I believe you can add command key and in “most” cases you won’t have a conflict. Again mileages will vary since the hotkey is getting passed to the other active apps.

[jgallias]

As soon as I revert to 2.4.3 it works normally again; 2.5.0 is broken, no amount of trying to adjust the hotkey, toggle settings, etc. work for me, only complete downgrade.

[jgallias]

Oh awesome; as of today 2.4.3 can no longer "copy" a password, it just minimizes the window!
So auto-type is broken 2.5.0, 2.4.3 minimizes the windows instead of copying... I guess I'm using 2.5.0 without auto-type until 2.5.1 since 2.4.3 is now literally unusable.

[georgesnow]

@jgallias do you have minimize on copy turned on? Maybe try turning it off on 2.4.3.

[jgallias]

@georgesnow
WOW good catch, I didn't even see "Minimize when copying to clipboard" as an option: Looks like it got removed in 2.5.0

~/Library/Application Support/keepassxc/keepassxc.ini
MinimizeOnCopy=true

I deleted ~/Library/Application Support/keepassxc/keepassxc.ini to make it create a new file

Don't know how it got enabled, but maybe switching between 2.4.3 and 2.5.0 confused either app and it decided to set MinimizeOnCopy=true

Thanks! I'm working normally on 2.4.3 again for now.

[georgesnow]

Glad to hear you are at least working again

[l0f4r0]

Same issue here with KeePassXC 2.5.0 on macOS Catalina 10.15.1 (>Mojave)