Importing keys: cannot select keys to import

[micah]

• Operating System (Linux/Mac/Windows/iOS/Android): Ubuntu 20.04
• Delta Chat Version: 1.12.0
• Expected behavior: I should be able to select the keys to import.
• Actual behavior: When I am provided the file selection dialog, I can see my keys in my home directory, they are readable by me, but they are 'greyed out', so I cannot select them.
• Steps to reproduce the problem: Settings->Import Secret Keys
• Screenshots: I can not figure out how to add an image to an issue in github. I'm not using a window manager that has 'drag and drop', and I see no file picker here :(

[gerryfrancis]

@micah Thank you for reporting. My system does not run Ubuntu, but AFAIK not the key(s) is/are to be selected, but the folder in which the key(s) is/are stored. Could you check if your problem is solved by selecting the folder, and report back, please? Thanks in advance.

[Jikstra]

Thanks for reporting, for uploading files without drag&drop:

[micah]

@gerryfrancis indeed, that looks like it is the issue. If I select the folder where the keys are, then I get what #1792 is to solve.

[micah]

@Jikstra Yeah, but as I said in the original message, I am using a tiling window manager (awesome), that does not have 'drag and drop', nor does it have an icon system where you can copy and paste images.

It seems the only way to do this is to host the image elsewhere, and link to it here.

After an absurd amount of time, I found I could do this:

cat 2020-08-26-195324_1129x827_scrot.png | xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i

[Simon-Laux]

@micah just click on the section jikstra showed. it should open the file select dialog.

[micah]

@micah just click on the section jikstra showed. it should open the file select dialog.

Wow, ok, yeah that does work. Great user interface github :D

[kotochor]

Have the same issue on PopOS. I can only try to import a directory, which has no sense. I should be able to import a text file. Maybe the problem is with an import type.

I tried to find functions that import files. I found onClickImportBackup function. It has argument properties with attribute openFile.

const ImportButton = function ImportButton(_props: any) {
  const tx = useTranslationFunction()

  async function onClickImportBackup() {
    const file = await runtime.showOpenFileDialog({
      title: tx('import_backup_title'),
      properties: ['openFile'],
      filters: [{ name: '.tar or .bak', extensions: ['tar', 'bak'] }],
      defaultPath: runtime.getAppPath('downloads'),
    })

If my assumption correct, then the function that imports keys should have the same argument with the same attribute.
Settings-ManageKeys.tsx

async function onKeysImport() {
  const tx = window.static_translate

  const opts: OpenDialogOptions = {
    title: tx('pref_managekeys_import_secret_keys'),
    defaultPath: runtime.getAppPath('downloads'),
    properties: ['openDirectory'],
  }

[Jikstra]

Have the same issue on PopOS. I can only try to import a directory, which has no sense. I should be able to import a text file. Maybe the problem is with an import type.

The api expects a specific format in this folder which is hella annoying but currently how it is. So having a directory makes sense (to some degree). But yes it's confusing and not good ux.

[link2xt]

The api expects a specific format in this folder which is hella annoying but currently how it is. So having a directory makes sense (to some degree). But yes it's confusing and not good ux.

I made a core PR that will make it possible to select a file instead: deltachat/deltachat-core-rust#4737

Once it is merged I suggest we change the UI to a file selection dialog for .asc files and never allow to select a directory.

UPD: core 1.123.0 has this API update.