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It looks like paste and it's almost the same from the user perspective, but the data never makes it to the clipboard, where it would be available to every runni
by sjs382 6y ago
It looks like paste and it's almost the same from the user perspective, but the data never makes it to the clipboard, where it would be available to every running application.
- shakna 6y agoFrom what I can see, KeePass does use the clipboard. [0] [0] https://github.com/dlech/KeePass2.x/blob/VS2019/KeePassLib/Native/ClipboardU.cs https://github.com/dlech/KeePass2.x/blob/VS2019/KeePassLib/N...
- sjs382 6y agoSorry, I didn't mean to speak with any authority on the specifics of KeePass. I'm neither a developer nor a user. I was just explaining the parent. That said, the implementation probably differs on different platforms. 1Password, for example, uses a virtual "keyboard" on Android.
- JohnTHaller 6y agoThat's a different option (CTRL-C). You can copy and paste the username and password. There's a default clearing timeout that's more to ensure the user doesn't accidentally paste it elsewhere. The auto-type option I mentioned is different.
- shakna 6y ago> The auto-type option I mentioned is different. It actually falls back to the clipboard [0], in a huge number of situations [1]. Basically, if Windows Forms isn't available/reliable. [0] https://github.com/dlech/KeePass2.x/blob/VS2019/KeePassLib/Utility/MonoWorkarounds.cs#L288 https://github.com/dlech/KeePass2.x/blob/VS2019/KeePassLib/U... [1] https://github.com/dlech/KeePass2.x/blob/VS2019/KeePassLib/Utility/MonoWorkarounds.cs#L61 https://github.com/dlech/KeePass2.x/blob/VS2019/KeePassLib/U...