Transferring the Password
There are various ways to get the passwords stored in KeePass into other windows. The first, and most simple method is copying them to the clipboard. For this, just double-click onto the specific field in the main password list. Example: if you want to copy the password of entry X, point onto the password field of the entry in the main view and double-click. The password is copied to the clipboard. If you enable the auto-clearing option, KeePass will clear the clipboard automatically after some seconds. This prevents you from forgetting to clear the clipboard yourself, leaving sensitive data in the clipboard.
The second method is drag-n-drop. As in method 1, point onto the field you want to use, click the left mouse button and hold it. Drag the data into other windows.
The third, and the most powerful method is auto-type. KeePass features a very mighty auto-type feature, which types user names, passwords, etc. into other windows for you. The default auto-typing sequence is: {USERNAME}{TAB}{PASSWORD}{TAB}{ENTER}. But this sequence is customizable, per entry (read the CHM documentation file that comes with KeePass for more about this). This makes the auto-type feature applicable to all windows and webforms you'll ever see. There are two submethods to perform an auto-type:
- Selecting an entry: Just select the entry that you want to get auto-typed, right-click onto it and click "Perform Auto-Type". KeePass will minimize itself, the window that had the focus before will come to the front. KeePass starts typing the data into this window.
- Global hot key: This is the most powerful of all methods. You leave KeePass running in the background. As soon as you're on a site that requires a login (the password of which you stored in KeePass before), just press a hot key (by default, Ctrl-Alt-A). KeePass immediately auto-types the data into the target window.