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mt_arch_user

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From: Montana, USA

Registered: 2023-01-17

Posts: 111

Keepasxc not working as expected

I just installed Arch on my wife's machine after having excellent results on mine for a year.
The only problem I had that I can't figure out is with Keepassxc.
It starts as it should.  It opens the data file and will display all the entries as it should.

So: I Firefox
In keepass, I click on the url and it will load in the browser.
In keepass I bring up the menu that asks if I want to enter the username and/or the password, I click on it.
Keepass then minimises itself, as it should, but nothing is entered in the browser.

This works on my machine, but won't work on hers.
The only software differences between our machines is the mine uses X-11 wit Nividia graphics and hers uses Wayland with Intel graphics.

I did try both Windows repair solutions, reboot and then uninstall and reinstall  which, like Windows, did nothing.  :-)

I'm hoping this is only a simple configuration setting.

Bart

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

Posts: 5,321

Re: Keepasxc not working as expected

Automatic typing does not work in wayland I think. You can use the clipboard or the browser extension instead.
https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepa … oType.adoc

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mt_arch_user

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From: Montana, USA

Registered: 2023-01-17

Posts: 111

Re: Keepasxc not working as expected

I was kind of afraid of that.

I'll have to try the browser extension.

Thanks for your reply.
Bart

tekstryder

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Registered: 2013-02-14

Posts: 592

Re: Keepasxc not working as expected

There's still hope for Wayland auto-type per the main dev's comment here:
https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepa … 1890576211

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 77,523

Re: Keepasxc not working as expected

https://wayland.app/protocols/ext-forei … el-list-v1

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Warning! The protocol described in this file is currently in the testing phase.

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tekstryder

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Registered: 2013-02-14

Posts: 592

Re: Keepasxc not working as expected

Perhaps my humor is too dry of late. I'll work on that.

mt_arch_user

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From: Montana, USA

Registered: 2023-01-17

Posts: 111

Re: Keepasxc not working as expected

Thanks for the chuckle!
I think, for the time being, we'll use the Firefox builtin password manager.  It works.  I just hope it's secure enough.
Bart

tekstryder

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Registered: 2013-02-14

Posts: 592

Re: Keepasxc not working as expected

There's still hope for Wayland auto-type

Well pigs have flown and hell has frozen over:

• https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/13359

I've long not missed this feature despite using keepassxc daily.

But... it's recently merged and will be included in the next (2.8.0) release.

On-topic for an unsolved thread. Necro be damned.

@mt_arch_user if you're still around, please test the latest build or wait for the release and consider prepending [SOLVED] to your thread title.

SimonJ

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From: Spain

Registered: 2021-05-11

Posts: 371

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Re: Keepasxc not working as expected

I use qutebrowser which has no keepassxc integration, to get round this I wrote a script which grabs the URL, opens Keepassxc, searches for the url and then copies the username and then the password. The actual paste is manual but that was my choice rather than have stuff just pasted where the browser thought it should go.  dotool was the key to this.
It all works, here is an exceprt:

# Refocus KeePassXC to handle the shortcut
niri msg action focus-window --id "$KEEPASS_ID"
sleep 0.1

# --- STEP 6: Copy Username ---
echo "key ctrl+b" | DOTOOL_XKB_LAYOUT=es dotool
sleep 0.1

# --- STEP 7: Focus Browser & Pause for Pasting ---
niri msg action focus-window --id "$BROWSER_ID"
sleep 0.1

notify-send "KeePassXC Pipeline" "Username copied! You have $PAUSE_TIME seconds to paste."
sleep "$PAUSE_TIME"

# --- STEP 8: Refocus KeePassXC & Copy Password ---
niri msg action focus-window --id "$KEEPASS_ID"
sleep 0.2
echo "key ctrl+c" | DOTOOL_XKB_LAYOUT=es dotool
sleep 0.1

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Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,350

Re: Keepasxc not working as expected

Moderator Note
Closing this thread now.

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