[crispinb]

Hmm. Not a great start - 'select all' on the linux client selects all the page text, rather than the items, so there's no way to bulk edit. Doesn't engender much confidence.

[Edit: OK it turns out to be an electron app, and a barely functional one at that]

[dpark]

Out of curiosity, why would you ever want to select all in your password manager?

[crispinb]

In this particular case it's because I wanted to move all the items from a single imported 1Password vault (I have a few for different purposes) into a Bitwarden folder.

But more generally, when trying new software I tend to exercise its functionality as a first QA pass. There's a 'select all' entry in the Edit menu, and a keyboard shortcut, so it seems reasonable to try it. The failure isn't in itself a show stopper, but it's a mark against the app for me.

[dpark]

Folder organization makes sense. My guess is this shows up as a shortcut “for free” as a result of it being electron based. I think the “native” client is the newest client Bitwarden offers and probably hasn’t gotten as much polish yet.

[crispinb]

Yes agree on the shortcut 'for free' aspect, but I'd consider expunging unused default menu items as part of a very basic pre-release checklist, rather than 'polish'. I don't share the frequently-expressed antipathy to electron apps, but many are quite shoddy, which only adds to their poor reputation. I've seen commercial apps which (for example) replace their whole window contents with a dragged image.

I'll keep an eye on Bitwarden - I like the overall shape of the project, but it's not ready for me yet (had some problems with the firefox extension also).