Video Demo 2
This is the second demo video for Add URL To Window Title Add-On (Video 2 of 4). In this video you can see how to setup a set of rules on page where the main log in page has a feature that remembers the username using a cookie. As a result, when the username is already pre-filled you need a separate rule to handle just typing the password and submitting. This video will help you learn how to create and use multiple rules to address this case or similar cases where the log in page changes based on some criteria. The video also shows how to configure KeePass so the default rule is not triggered due to URL matching (@04:14). You can watch the video at YouTube.
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In this demo we will configure the add-on
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on a site which remembers your username
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First, let's perform a manual logon
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using an email and password
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Now, let's see what happens if
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we return back to the login page
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The email address is automatically remembered
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unless the user clears the browser's cookies
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or clicks "Sign in as Another User"
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Let's step through the logon process
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when the email address is auto-remembered
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Note that the email field is not editable
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Therefore, all you need to do
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is type in the password followed by enter
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Now that we see the two logon paths
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let's configure KeePass
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First, create a new entry
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and enter in the site details
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Switch to the "Auto-Type" tab
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Select "Override default sequence"
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and enter a reminder message about your custom rules
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Let's switch back to the browser for a moment
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Click on the email address field
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and notice how the title is updated
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Switch back to KeePass
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and we will use the title to craft our first custom rule
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Click the "Add" button
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From the drop down, select the entry
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which matches the browser window's title
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For this demo
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we have already replaced the page title and browser name
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with wildcard characters to generalize matching
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Next, we will update the key sequence
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to auto-type the email address, password, and then submit
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Let's switch back to the browser again
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to see what page title will be
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when the password field has focus
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This rule will be used when the email address
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is automatically remembered
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Back in KeePass
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Let's create the second rule
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for the password only login
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In the "Target Window" drop down
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select the browser window's content
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Again, we replaced the page title and browser name with wildcards
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The key part is that it includes the attributes of the "password" field
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Now, update the auto-type sequence
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this time, we just need the password followed by enter
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Let's double check our two rules
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Our first rule
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will auto-type the email and password combination
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when you start in the "email" field
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The second rule will be triggered
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when you start in the "password" field
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Let's see our auto-type rules in action:
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First, let's try a full logon
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Select our non-reminder rule
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which will do the full username and password logon
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Let's reload the page and see how to handle logging in
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when the email address has been auto-remembered
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The username field is read-only
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So, click inside of the password field
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Type the global auto-type shortcut
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Select the entry which will type and submit the password
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As you can see,
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KeePass can now make more context sensitive decisions,
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based on the input field which has focus,
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when the auto-type sequence is started
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Now, you may have noticed
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that when you type the global auto-type shortcut
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it pops up a box to select from two rules
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This is because KeePass is also matching the the URL field
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in the first tab of the site's entry in the KeePass database
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However, we can make some changes to prevent this behavior
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There are two ways to do this
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The first way, is to edit the individual entry
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and remove the URL from the URL field on the first tab
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Let's save and see what happens when we auto-type now
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First let's try the full logon
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This time, only one entry matches, which is our custom rule
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so auto-type just goes right to it
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Now let's check that this works when the email address is pre-filled
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Again, only one auto-type rule now matches and it just works
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Now, if you want to keep the URL in the entry, there is another method you can try
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There is a global KeePass setting which we can change
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so KeePass does not match the window title's against the URL field in the entry
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From the main KeePass Screen, go to the "Tools" menu and select "Options"
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On the "Options" screen, go to the last tab, "Advanced"
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In the "Auto-Type" section, uncheck the second and third entries
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this will prevent matching against the default rule