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#1 More flexible search

AlexVallat — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 07:09:31 -0000

Congratulations! I still don't think it's the right direction for this plugin, but I am always interested to see what people have done with my code - if you do publish the source please post a link.

#1 More flexible search

Humangenom — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 01:32:52 -0000

I have done this in my own fork. I can search for any combination of words.
They must not be in one field and can be distributed to many fields.
If you are interested, I can put it on GitHub.

#12 Feature (Chekbox) - add current Title-windows to auto-type for selected entry

AlexVallat — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 13:05:31 -0000

I think if you have AutoTypeSearch.dll as well as AutoTypeSearch.plgx then the dll takes priority, so delete the dll and the plgx should be used.

If you do an autotype into a window that either fails to match, or shows the multiple matches window that you then cancel, then AutoTypeSearch will appear with a small yellow banner at the top telling you the title of the window which wasn't found. If that banner doesn't appear then AutoTypeSearch wasn't triggered through an un-found window, and so it won't offer to add the title to the entry.

If that yellow banner is present, then if you autotype any entry from the results of the search it will pop up a message box asking you if you would like to add the window title to that entry.

There are no options to configure, other than a "Don't show this again" checkbox on the message box if you prefer not to use the feature at all.

#12 Feature (Chekbox) - add current Title-windows to auto-type for selected entry

Dmitry — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 08:59:19 -0000

Thanks, Alex.

However, I wasn't able to see how this works. I didn't see any options to add the window title to the entry when using AutoType. Could you provide a screenshot or explain what settings are needed to make this work? Maybe a new version of AutoTypeSearch.dll is required?

#12 Feature (Chekbox) - add current Title-windows to auto-type for selected entry

AlexVallat — Sat, 25 May 2024 07:38:01 -0000

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I still believe having the prompt after performing the AutoType from the search window is the best way to handle this. I will not add any additional UI to the search window in any case.

I do take your point that this currently does not work for the case where KeePass shows the multiple matches window and you cancel it because none of them are the right one. This logically also counts as a failed auto-type and shows the AutoType Search window, so it should also offer to add the window title to the entry. I've attached a candidate 1.5 which should fix that.

I think it's better to have the prompt automatically appear when you do the auto-type action from the search window rather than have a dedicated Shift + Enter keypress. There's no reason to add the target window to the entry if you have not auto-typed it, and that would take up one of the two valuable action slots unnecessarily.

Please give the attached 1.5 candidate a try, and let me know if it does the job for your workflows.

Regards,

Alex

#12 Feature (Chekbox) - add current Title-windows to auto-type for selected entry

Dmitry — Fri, 24 May 2024 16:33:29 -0000

Hi Alex,

Sorry for the late reply. Here are the details to clarify my proposal:

Current behavior on my setup when pressing Ctrl + Alt + A (option "Show AutoTypeSearch automatically if global auto-type no match" is turned on):

If the current window is not found in any KeePass entries, the AutoTypeSearch window appears, and we manually search for the needed entry.
If the current window is found in one entry, auto-type works (Yay!).
If the current window is found in more than one entry, the global auto-type window appears, offering to select an entry. Here, it might happen that you can't select an entry (because global auto-type is not configured for it, or more commonly, if the window title has changed). When pressing Esc or closing the window, AutoTypeSearch is triggered, where we manually search for the needed entry.
I follow the principle: if a machine can do it for you, it should do it. If it can't, do it yourself.

In the current mode, when cases 1 and 3 occur, I always go to KeePass and add the target window to the auto-type settings so that everything works automatically in the future.

These actions can be accelerated with the help of AutoTypeSearch:

Acceleration #1: Instead of going to KeePass (click tray, search entyty...), you can press Shift + Enter in AutoTypeSearch to save the target window to the entry."

Acceleration #2: In the auto-type form, offer the option "Add current window for the selected entry." Then I wouldn't need to go anywhere - the target window will be attached to the entry settings with the help of the auto-type helper.
This acceleration will work only if AutoType can recognize the active window title when Ctrl + Alt + A was pressed.

The display of such a checkbox in the auto-type input form can be optional (enabled from the settings).

I hope I was able to clarify the idea. I would appreciate your help in implementing these improvements.

Best regards,
Dmitry

#12 Feature (Chekbox) - add current Title-windows to auto-type for selected entry

AlexVallat — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 07:08:28 -0000

Sorry, I don't understand what you are asking for here. If you perform auto-type into a window and it fails, it should offer to save that window title to the entry because it knows you were expecting auto-type to work for that window and it did not.

If there isn't an attempt to auto-type then I don't think AutoTypeSearch should offer to add the title, as that could get quite irritating if your workflow is just to use search and not autotype (probably because you know the window title isn't helpful).

#12 Feature (Chekbox) - add current Title-windows to auto-type for selected entry

Dmitry — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:41:35 -0000

Is there any possibility for the plugin to get information about the title at the moment of pressing Ctrl + shift + A, so that then (even if the focus is changed to the AutoTypeSearch window), you can use the previously obtained window title for saving and richness in the record?

#13 De-Reference/ Resolve variables in teh search window

AlexVallat — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:03:26 -0000

I've looked into this a bit. There is already an option "Resolve field references" in the AutoTypeSearch options tab, so the fact that this is not resolving the title field for you is a straight bug. I will fix it up, probably this weekend.

#13 De-Reference/ Resolve variables in teh search window

AlexVallat — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 06:51:30 -0000

I can look into this, but only if it can be done without compromising performance. Can you give me a bit of context for the use case here, which field is it that you have the reference in, and what sort of reference is it? What were you expecting to see?