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Confusing behavior when leaving window title (empty) in Auto-Type #9282

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Then you can define additional Auto-Type sequences by going to the Auto-Type tab in the entry, add a window association, leave the window title blank, then set the custom sequence to be {S:attribute-name}. Now your advanced attributes will appear in the pick list for Auto-Type.

Where exactly should I see the option to auto-type an additional default sequences? I created one with an empty title, but cannot see this additional sequence neither in the entry context menu, nor in the toolbar dropdown, nor in the Global Auto-Type dialog.

Also, the documentation does not specify whether spaces in the attribute name should be escaped in the {S:attribute name} syntax. Can you please suggest?

KeePassXC v2.7.4
I've read https://keepassxc.org/docs/KeePassXC_UserGuide.html#_auto_type thoroughly.

Originally posted by @anantakrishna in #7557 (comment)

If you leave the window title (empty) then the sequence will only show up when you do a SEARCH for the window in the auto-type select dialog. That is hyper confusing and this behavior makes no sense to me.

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