Not only, this is easier and more convenient, but — the most important — it is by far, much, much more safe<\/strong> (see details later into this article)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, the biggest problem is that I also have and I am also using password manager in my browser (similarly beloved Microsoft Edge; screw you Google<\/em>!). And when I press Ctrl+U to open corresponding URL in a browser, I have login field already prefilled. Usually with an incorrect login, as I have a lot of account saved for every web service in my password manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fortunately, there’s a solution even for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n First, let’s talk about this feature, in case you haven’t heard about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I can store a login a password and an URL within KeePass’ item. Just like in password manager in every browser. But, what I cannot do in any browser is to ask it to type everything for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In KeePass, I press:<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that is all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This method, as previously mentioned is way safer! As KeePass is transferring your password letter-by-letter instead of passing entire password into the clipboard (screw you all the memory scanners!). And it also uses special Windows’ API instead of using real keyboard emulation (screw you all the keyloggers!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n To get rid of the problem that (upon opening a website) login field can be already pre-filled by password manager, all you have to do, is to transfer Ctrl<\/kbd>+A<\/kbd> key-press-sequence before<\/em> pasting login.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But, there is a small glitch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Help says<\/a> that typing Ctrl<\/kbd>+something<\/em> in the middle <\/em>of sequence should work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n But… as I have discovered… it does not work at all in the beginning of the auto-type sequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As suggested by Paul<\/a>, the solution is as simple as either transferring some fake<\/em> character in the beginning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n (that character will be removed (along with all others) by KeePass with selecting the entire field ( Or you can simply ask KeePass to hold a part of second before selecting the whole field:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Either way will work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In KeePass you can have (narrowing top \u2192 bottom):<\/p>\n\n\n\n It always goes bottom \u2192 up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, I have assumed that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, I have decide to set a custom auto-type sequence per library:<\/p>\n\n\n\n After doing the same for your database, every<\/em> auto-type that you trigger (with I don’t have that particular example handy here, but I remember that on some really weird page I did magic like “pressing” (transferring in sequence) many, many Tabs, Enters etc. in order to automate login process.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAuto-type feature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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X^a{USERNAME}{TAB}{PASSWORD}{ENTER}<\/pre>\n\n\n\n^a<\/code> — Ctrl<\/kbd>+A<\/kbd>) and actually pasting the login)<\/p>\n\n\n\n{DELAY 200}^a{USERNAME}{TAB}{PASSWORD}{ENTER}<\/pre>\n\n\n\nGlobal auto-type sequence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nCtrl<\/code>+V<\/code>) will be first selecting content of the active field (by transferring Ctrl<\/kbd>+A<\/kbd> in the beginning of sequence).<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhere to go next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n