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There's a lot to KeeFox and KeePass. While we hope that you can master the basics without any help, you might find that the following tips help you to get even more from KeeFox. KeeFox will gradually show you all of these tips but you might prefer to access the tips at your own pace by reading each tip from this page.

Click on each tip to find out more information or see some more detailed instructions:

You can "Customise" your Firefox toolbars (including KeeFox) to re-arrange buttons and save screen space.

Middle-click or Ctrl-click on an entry in the logins list to open a new tab, load a web page and auto submit a login with just one click.

Be cautious of automatically submitting login forms - it is convenient but slightly more risky than manually clicking on the login button.

The "logged out" and "logged in" statements on the KeeFox toolbar button refer to the state of your KeePass database (whether you have entered your composite master password yet).

You can force certain entries to have a higher priority than others.

Get quick access to notes and other entry data by right clicking on a login entry and selecting "Edit entry".

You can have more than one KeePass database open at the same time.

Some websites create their login form after the page has loaded, try the "detect forms" feature on the main button to search for matching logins.

Generate secure passwords from the main KeeFox toolbar button - it will use the same settings that you most recently used on the KeePass password generator dialog.

Your KeePass entries can be used in other web browsers and applications.

Even well known websites have their data stolen occasionally; protect yourself by using different passwords for every website you visit.

Left-click on an entry in the logins list to load a web page in the current tab and auto submit a login with just one click.

Some websites are designed so that they will not work with automated form fillers like KeeFox. Read more about how best to work with these sites.

Long passwords are usually more secure than short but complicated ones (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa is an exception to this rule!)

Open source security software like KeePass and KeeFox is more secure than closed source alternatives.

If you have old KeePass entries without website-specific icons (favicons) try the KeePass Favicon downloader plugin.

You can configure individual websites to work better with KeeFox.

Keyboard shortcuts can speed up access to many KeeFox features.

KeeFox features can now be found on your context (right mouse click) menu.